504. The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
b'HL Longfellow read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------\\n\\nThe Arrow and the Song\\nby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 \\u2013 1882) \\n\\nI shot an arrow into the air,\\nIt fell to earth, I knew not where;\\nFor, so swiftly it flew, the sight\\nCould not follow it in its flight.\\n\\nI breathed a song into the air,\\nIt fell to earth, I knew not where;\\nFor who has sight so keen and strong\\nThat it can follow the flight of song?\\n\\nLong, long afterward, in an oak\\nI found the arrow, still unbroke;\\nAnd the song, from beginning to end,\\nI found again in the heart of a friend. \\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 23 May 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009'