I shot an arrow into the air.
It fell to earth I knew not where, 
For, so swift it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
                
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I like this a lot. It is not only a nice parody, but you have made it new and lovely. The last line was best.

 
                     
                
Soooo not Walter Conrad, whoever he is. This is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!