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The Arrow And The Song

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where,
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.


Exit, stage left!I thought this was a snagglepuss original!

Source Book

Longfellow's Poetical Works

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Copyright 1893
Published by Henry Frowde, London

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