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.
The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems 1845
- Carillon
- The Belfry of Bruges
- A Gleam of Sunshine
- The Arsenal at Springfield
- Nuremberg
- The Norman Baron
- Rain in Summer
- To A Child
- The Occultation of Orion
- The Bridge
- To The Driving Cloud
Songs
- The Day is Done
- Afternoon in February
- To An Old Danish Songbook
- Walter von der Vogelweid
- Drinking Song
- The Old Clock on the Stairs
- The Arrow and the Song
Sonnets