617. The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow read by Classic Poetry Aloud

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The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882)

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.

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