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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807–1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 62 Excelsior THE SHADES of night were falling fast,As through an Alpine village passedA youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,A banner with the strange device,Excelsior!His brow was sad; his eye beneath,Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,And like a silver clarion rungThe accents of that unknown tongue,Excelsior! SQUID VASILOUKHOVA FOUND AT FRISCO DASH SQUID DOT BLOG SPOT DOT KALM EXCELSIOR THE SHADES OF NIGHT WERE FALLING FAST AS THROUGH AN ALPINE VILLAGE PASSED A YOUTH WHO BORE AMID SNOW AND ICE A BANNER WITH A STRANGE DEVICE EXCELSIOR HIS BROW WAS SAD HIS EYE BENEATH FLASHED LIKE A FALSCHION FROM ITS SHEATH AND LIKE A SILVER CLARION RUNG THE ACCENTS OF THAT UNKNOWN TONGUE EXCELSIOR
, the dalliance of the eagles, The rushing amorous contact high in space together, The clinching interlocking claws, a living, fierce, gyrating wheel, Four beating wings, two beaks, a swirling mass tight grappling, In tumbling turning clustering loops, straight downward falling Till o'er the river pois'd, the twain yet one, a moment's lull, A motionless still balance in the air, then parting, talons loosing, Upward again on slow-firm pinions slanting, their separate diverse flight, She hers, he his, pursuing. Walt Whitman (1880) Poets' Corner - Home | The Other Pages ©1994-2020 Poets' Corner Editorial Staff, All Rights Reserved Worldwide 62 Excelsior - Collection at Bartleby.com Reference Verse Fiction Nonfiction Ã Subjects Titles Authors Essays Learn Thesaurus Quotations English Usage Skip to the content Home » Yale Book of American Verse » 62 Excelsior Previous Article Next Article Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838â1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912.  EXCELSIOR BY HENRY WALDSWORTH LONGFELLOW READ FOR LIEBERVOCK STUDWORK BY
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