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 breadth a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has the sight keen and strong,
That it can follow the fight of song?
Long, long afterwards 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.
—H W Longfellow
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The Arrow and the Songs
ActionI 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 breadth a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has the sight keen and strong, That it...
