The Song of HiawathaA narrative poem of the life and deeds of the legendary Hiawatha, son of the West Wind. |
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... singing pine - trees , Green in Summer , white in Winter , Ever sighing , ever singing . " And the pleasant water - courses , You could trace them through the valley , By the rushing in the Spring - time , By INTRODUCTION . 5 INTRODUCTION.
... singing pine - trees , Green in Summer , white in Winter , Ever sighing , ever singing . " And the pleasant water - courses , You could trace them through the valley , By the rushing in the Spring - time , By INTRODUCTION . 5 INTRODUCTION.
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... singing , Gentlest whispers in the branches , Softest music , sweetest odors , Till he drew her to his bosom , Folded in his robes of crimson , Till into a star he changed her , Trembling still upon his bosom ; And for ever in the ...
... singing , Gentlest whispers in the branches , Softest music , sweetest odors , Till he drew her to his bosom , Folded in his robes of crimson , Till into a star he changed her , Trembling still upon his bosom ; And for ever in the ...
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... Singing , “ O Kabibonokka , You are but my fellow - mortal ! " Then Kabibonokka entered , And though Shingebis , the diver , Felt his presence by the coldness , Felt his icy breath upon him , Still he did not cease his singing , Still ...
... Singing , “ O Kabibonokka , You are but my fellow - mortal ! " Then Kabibonokka entered , And though Shingebis , the diver , Felt his presence by the coldness , Felt his icy breath upon him , Still he did not cease his singing , Still ...
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... singing , But rushed headlong through the door - way , Stamped upon the crusted snow - drifts , Stamped upon the lakes and rivers , Made the snow upon them harder , Made the ice upon them thicker , Challenged Shingebis , the diver , To ...
... singing , But rushed headlong through the door - way , Stamped upon the crusted snow - drifts , Stamped upon the lakes and rivers , Made the snow upon them harder , Made the ice upon them thicker , Challenged Shingebis , the diver , To ...
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... Singing , " O Kabibonokka , You are but my fellow - mortal ! " Shawondasee , fat and lazy , Had his dwelling far to southward , In the drowsy , dreamy sunshine , In the never - ending Summer . He it was who sent the wood - birds , Sent ...
... Singing , " O Kabibonokka , You are but my fellow - mortal ! " Shawondasee , fat and lazy , Had his dwelling far to southward , In the drowsy , dreamy sunshine , In the never - ending Summer . He it was who sent the wood - birds , Sent ...
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Page 45 - Then upon one knee uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow; Scarce a twig moved with his motion, Scarce a leaf was stirred or rustled, But the wary roebuck started, Stamped with all his hoofs together, Listened with one foot uplifted, Leaped as if to meet the arrow; Ah! the singing, fatal arrow, Like a wasp it buzzed and stung him!
Page 3 - Should you ask me whence these stories, Whence these legends and traditions, With the odors of the forest, With the dew and damp of meadows, With the curling smoke of wigwams, With the rushing of great rivers, With their frequent repetitions, And their wild reverberations As of thunder in the mountains, I should answer, I should tell you : From the forests and the prairies; From the great lakes of the Northland, From the land of the Ojibways...
Page 38 - Ewa-yea ! my little owlet ! Who is this, that lights the wigwam ? With his great eyes lights the wigwam ? Ewa-yea ! my little owlet ! " Many things Nokomis taught him Of the stars that shine in heaven ; Showed him Ishkoodah, the comet, Ishkoodah, with fiery tresses ; Showed the Death-Dance of the spirits, Warriors with their plumes and...
Page 90 - Cedar ! Of your strong and pliant branches, My canoe to make more steady, Make more strong and firm beneath me ! " Through the summit of the Cedar Went a sound, a cry of horror, Went a murmur of resistance ; But it whispered, bending downward, " Take my boughs, O Hiawatha...
Page 81 - All the many sounds of nature Borrowed sweetness from his singing; All the hearts of men were softened By the pathos of his music; For he sang of peace and freedom, Sang of beauty, love, and longing; Sang of death, and life undying In the Islands of the Blessed, In the kingdom of Ponemah, In the land of the Hereafter.
Page 124 - With the crimson tuft of feathers, With the blood-red crest of Mama. But the wealth of Megissogwon, All the trophies of the battle, He divided with his people, Shared it equally among them. X. HIAWATHA'S WOOING. " As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman, Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other...
Page 45 - ... Leaped as if to meet the arrow ; Ah ! the singing, fatal arrow, Like a wasp it buzzed and stung him ! Dead he lay there in the forest, By the ford across the river ; Beat his timid heart no longer, But the heart of Hiawatha Throbbed and shouted and exulted, As he bore the red deer homeward, And lagoo and Nokomis Hailed his coming with applauses. From the red deer's hide Nokomis Made a cloak for Hiawatha, From the red deer's flesh Nokomis Made a banquet in his honor. All the village came and feasted,...
Page 77 - And still later, when the Autumn Changed the long, green leaves to yellow, And the soft and juicy kernels Grew like wampum hard and yellow, Then the ripened ears he gathered, Stripped the withered husks from off them, As he once had stripped the wrestler, Gave the first Feast of Mondamin, And made known unto the people This new gift of the Great Spirit.
Page 89 - Hiawatha!" With his knife the tree he girdled; Just beneath its lowest branches, Just above the roots, he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward; Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft the bark asunder, With a wooden wedge he raised it, Stripped it from the trunk unbroken. "Give me of your boughs, 0 Cedar! Of your strong and pliant branches, My canoe to make more steady, Make more strong and firm beneath me!
Page 91 - My canoe to bind together, So to bind the ends together That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me!" And the Larch, with all its fibres, Shivered in the air of morning, Touched his forehead with its tassels, Said, with one long sigh of sorrow, "Take them all, O Hiawatha!" From the earth he tore the fibres, Tore the tough roots of the Larch-tree, Closely sewed the bark together, Bound it closely to the framework, "Give me of your balm, O Fir-tree! Of your balsam and your resin, So...