1. Reading Lesson

The Arrow And The Song

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 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.

- Henry W. Longfellow.

2. Study

To what does the poet compare the speed of the arrow?

Why could he not know what became of his song?

Where did he find the arrow? Imagine how he found the song.

3. Memory Work

Learn this poem; then close the book and write it.