The Song of HiawathaF. A. Stokes Company, 1898 - 199 pages |
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Adjidaumo answered arrows beauty beaver behold Belt of Wampum beneath Big-Sea-Water birch canoe birds bison branches breath Chibiabos cornfields cried Dacotahs Dance darkness deer deer-skin doorway eyes feathers fell fen-lands fiery forest garments gayly Gitche Gumee Gitche Manito gleaming hand Heard heart heaven heron Hiawatha Homeward Iagoo Kabibonokka Kahgahgee Kenabeek Kwasind lakes land Laughing Water leaped Listen little Hiawatha lodge Looked magic maiden maize meadow Megissogwon mighty Minnehaha Mondamin moon morning mountains Mudjekeewis Nahma o'er oak-tree old Nokomis Osseo Oweenee painted Pau-Puk-Keewis Peace-Pipe pine-trees pleasant prairie Ravens red deer river rose round rushes sailing Sang sea-gulls serpents shadows Shawondasee Shingebis shining shining land shook shouted Shuh-shuh-gah sighing silent singing slowly Smote song Song of Hiawatha spake Spirit Star stood strangers sturgeon sunset sunshine tree-tops trembled tresses village Wabasso Wabenos Wabun wampum war-club warriors Wenonah West-Wind westward whispered wigwam wonder yellow Yenadizze
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Page 65 - Thus the Birch Canoe was builded In the valley, by the river, In the bosom of the forest ; And the forest's life was in it, All its mystery and its magic, All the lightness of the birch-tree, All the toughness of the cedar, All the larch's supple sinews ; And it floated on the river Like a yellow leaf in Autumn, Like a yellow water-lily.
Page 32 - Go, my son, into the forest, Where the red deer herd together, Kill for us a famous roebuck, Kill for us a deer with antlers!" Forth into the forest straightway All alone walked Hiawatha Proudly, with his bow and arrows; And the birds sang round him, o'er him, "Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!
Page 8 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened; — Listen to this simple story, To this Song of Hiawatha!
Page 87 - 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 ! " Thus the youthful Hiawatha Said within himself and pondered.
Page 61 - Birch-Tree ! Growing by the rushing river, Tall and stately in the valley...
Page 29 - There the wrinkled old Nokomis Nursed the little Hiawatha, Rocked him in his linden cradle, Bedded soft in moss and rushes, Safely bound with reindeer sinews; Stilled his fretful wail by saying: "Hush! the Naked Bear will hear thee!" Lulled him into slumber, singing: "Ewa-yea! my little owlet!
Page 6 - If still further you should ask me, Saying, " Who was Nawadaha ? Tell us of this Nawadaha," I should answer your inquiries Straightway in such words as follow. " In the Vale of Tawasentha, In the green and silent valley, By the pleasant water-courses, Dwelt the singer Nawadaha. Round about the Indian village Spread the meadows and the cornfields, And beyond them stood the forest, Stood the groves of singing pine-trees, Green in Summer, white in Winter, Ever sighing, ever singing.
Page 13 - I will send a Prophet to you, A Deliverer of the nations, Who shall guide you and shall teach you, Who shall toil and suffer with you. If you listen to his counsels, You will multiply and prosper; If his warnings pass unheeded, You will fade away and perish...
Page 94 - And the tribe of the Dacotahs." Thus continued Hiawatha, And then added, speaking slowly, "That this peace may last forever, And our hands be clasped more closely, And our hearts be more united, Give me as my wife this maiden, Minnehaha, Laughing Water, Loveliest of Dacotah women!
Page 64 - 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.