Poems 1
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From the church-tower in the public square the bell tolls the hour, with a soft, musical chime ; and the watchman, whose watch-tower is the belfry, blows a blast in his horn, for each stroke of the hammer, and four times, to the four corners of the heavens, in a sonorous voice he chaunts, — " Ho ! watchman, ho !
Twelve is the clock !
God keep our town From fire and brand And hostile hand !
Twelve is the clock! " From his swallow's nest in the belfry he can see the sun all night long ; and farth...er north 164 PREFACE.
the priest stands at his door in the warm mid- night, and lights his pipe with a common burning glass.
1 trust that these remarks Avill not be deemed irrelevant to the poem, but will lead to a clear- er understanding of it. The translation is lit- eral, perhaps to a fault. In no instance have I done the author a wrong, by introducing into his work any supposed improvements or embellishments of my own. I have preserved even the measure : that inexorable hexameter, in which, it must be confessed, the motions of the English Muse are not unlike those of a prisoner dancing to the music of his chains ; and perhaps, as Dr.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
From the church-tower in the public square the bell tolls the hour, with a soft, musical chime ; and the watchman, whose watch-tower is the belfry, blows a blast in his horn, for each stroke of the hammer, and four times, to the four corners of the heavens, in a sonorous voice he chaunts, — " Ho ! watchman, ho !
Twelve is the clock !
God keep our town From fire and brand And hostile hand !
Twelve is the clock! " From his swallow's nest in the belfry he can see the sun all night long ; and farth...er north 164 PREFACE.
the priest stands at his door in the warm mid- night, and lights his pipe with a common burning glass.
1 trust that these remarks Avill not be deemed irrelevant to the poem, but will lead to a clear- er understanding of it. The translation is lit- eral, perhaps to a fault. In no instance have I done the author a wrong, by introducing into his work any supposed improvements or embellishments of my own. I have preserved even the measure : that inexorable hexameter, in which, it must be confessed, the motions of the English Muse are not unlike those of a prisoner dancing to the music of his chains ; and perhaps, as Dr.
What to read after Poems 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 to read onlineMoreLess
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