 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...  The Song of Hiawatha - Page 91by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1855 - 344 pages
...morning, Touched his forehead with its tassels, Said, with one long sigh of sorrow, " Take them aU, O Hiawatha ! " From the earth he tore the fibres,...closely to the framework. " Give me of your balm, O Fir-Tree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,... | |
 | 1855 - 714 pages
...Said, with one long sigh of sorrow, " Take them all, OH,awatha!" From the earth he tore the fibre*, Tore the tough roots of the larch-tree, Closely sewed...closely to the framework. '•Give me of your balm, O Fir-Tree! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the s«am<' together That the water may not enter,... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 682 pages
...Hiawatha !" From the earth he tore tho fibres, Tore the tough roots of the larch-tree, Closely sowed the bark together, Bound it closely to the framework. "Give me of your balm, О Fir-Tree! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water mny not enter,... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 684 pages
...Hiawatha !" • From the earth ho tore the fibres, Tore the tough roots of the lareh-troo, Closely sowed the bark together, Bound it closely to the framework. "Give me of your bolm, O Fir-Tree! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 346 pages
...boughs , O 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...closely to the framework. " Give me of your balm , O Fir-Tree ! Of your balsam and your resin , So to close the seams together That the water may not entet... | |
 | Christianity - 1856 - 538 pages
...bows he formed and Like two bended bows together. " Give me of your roots, O Tamarack I shaped them, Of your fibrous roots, O LarchTree ! My canoe to bind...closely to the framework. " Give me of your balm, O FirTree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,... | |
 | 1856 - 542 pages
...wet me ! " And the Larch, with all its fibres, Shivered in the air of morning, Touched his forebead with its tassels, Said, with one long sigh of sorrow,...closely to the framework. "Give me of your balm, O FirTree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...bows he formed and shaped them. Like two bended bows together. " Give me of your roots, O Tamarack I Of your fibrous roots, O Larch-Tree ! My canoe to...closely to the framework. " Give me of your balm, O Fir-Tree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 pages
...bows he formed and shaped them, Like two bended bows together. " Give me of your roots, O Tamarack I Of your fibrous roots, O Larch-Tree ! My canoe to...closely to the framework. " Give me of your balm, O Fir-Tree! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...me !" Through the summit of the Cedar Went a sound, a cry of horror, Went a murmur of resistance ; z But it whispered, bending downward, " Take my boughs,...closely to the framework. " Give me of your balm, O Fir-Tree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,... | |
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