Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
The Beleaguered City
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This poem describes a haunted scene after a battle and how the flow of life has won.
This poem describes a haunted scene after a battle and how the flow of life has won.
"When de fiddle gits to singin’ out a ol’ Vahginny reel,"
Ishmael continues to analyze and admire the whale.
King Louis XI, in Paris visiting, reviews the crown's expenditures, taking great pride in a specially designed cage in the Bastille. The Truand uprising continues as Gringoire is interrogated by the King.
"O Mother Race! to thee I bring"
Whitefoot becomes anxious because the wood pile that hides his home is slowly disappearing and he doesn’t understand that Farmer Brown needs the wood to make his syrup and maple sugar.
"Dey was talkin’ in de cabin, dey was talkin’ in de hall;"
ADIEU, New–England's smiling meads,
Mrs. Dashwood announces that they are to leave soon, and take the cottage in Devonshire. The chapter describes everyone’s reactions.
"Breezes blowin’ middlin’ brisk,"
Farmer Brown’s boy regains Whitefoot’s trust when he realizes why his little friend is panicking and relocated his quaint home.
When Tommy Fox plays ill, a squirrel is fooled.
Black Beauty describes his time at the horse fair and introduction to a new master.
"Oh, dere ’s lots o’ keer an’ trouble"
A child observes the many sites that adorn the Indian River.
Huck and Jim are separated. Huck's view of Jim changes after he plays a mean trick on him.
The other professor recites a poem about Peter and Paul.
Utterson and Enfield walk again. They see Jekyll, who suddenly cuts off their conversation.
Ishmael uses physiognomy and phrenology to better understand the whale.
Uncle Remus tells a story about Brer Bear.
Tommy tries to catch Mr. Grouse. Mrs. Fox has five babies.
Tommy and his mother outwit and outrun the farmer’s dogs.
Beth divulges a secret to Jo concerning her health.
HAIL, happy day, when, smiling like the morn,
Huck takes the money from the dauphin, intending to return it to the Wilks family.