When he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing in the forest, "What is that?" he cried in terror; "What is that," he said, "Nokomis?" And the good Nokomis answered: "That is but the owl and owlet, Talking in their native language, Talking, scolding... Public School Methods - Page 1371916Full view - About this book
| Loomis Joseph Campbell - Readers (Elementary) - 1888 - 234 pages
...the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us." 6. When he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing...native language, Talking, scolding at each other." 7. Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets,... | |
| New Zealand Institute - Science - 1889 - 666 pages
...WILLIAM COLENSO, FRS, FLS, Ac. [Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 8th October, 1888.} When he heard the owls at midnight Hooting, laughing...native language, Talking, scolding at each other." — Hiawatha, Canto III. SEVERAL years ago — from 1844 to 1853 — it was my lot to be often travelling... | |
| A. L. Stronach - English literature - 1891 - 290 pages
...All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us." When he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing in the forest : " What is that 1 " he cried, in terror ; 40 " What is that," he said, " Nokomis?" And the good Nokomis answered :... | |
| California. State Board of Education - Readers - 1895 - 224 pages
...All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom in the heaven above us.'" When he heard the owls at midnight, hooting, laughing...native language, Talking, scolding at each other.' " So Nokomis told Hiawatha all the stories that little Indian children hear from their parents. Hiawatha... | |
| Frederick Noël Paton - Birds - 1894 - 604 pages
...as who should say " He ! He! The Highest! only God is Beautiful!" SIR EDWIN ARNOLD. From "HIAWATHA" WHEN he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing...Nokomis answered : " That is but the owl and owlet, 1 Hii, ie, "He." God. Talking in their native language, Talking, scolding at each other." Then the... | |
| Mary Hall Husted - Indian children - 1897 - 148 pages
...timid. He talked with all of the animals whenever he met them, and called them "Hi-a-wa-tha's Brothers." When he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing...Then the little Hi-a-wa-tha Learned of every bird it's language— Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in summer, Where... | |
| Tolman (Mrs. Stella Webster (Carroll)) - Geography - 1897 - 172 pages
...Longfellow wrote a poem about the Indians. He wrote about a little Indian boy. His name was Hiawatha. " Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its...their secrets, How they built their nests in summer, 68 Talked with them . whene'er he met them, Called them 'Hiawatha's chickens.' Of all beasts he learned... | |
| Mary Tucker Magill - Virginia - 1897 - 232 pages
...prairie, When on earth they fade and peribh, Blossom in the heaven above us." When he heard the owl at midnight, Hooting, laughing in the forest, " What is that ? " he cried in terror ; And the good Nokomis answered : " That is but the owl and owlet, Talking in their native language,... | |
| Florence Holbrook - Indians of North America - 1898 - 184 pages
...in a great pine-tree he saw the owl and owlet. He was not afraid of them. They were asleep. TX7HEN he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing in...native language, Talking, scolding at each other." 80 I THE BIRDS. One summer day the sun was shining. Hiawatha walked into the forest. There he saw the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1898 - 220 pages
...the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, u5 Blossom in that heaven above us." When he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing...cried in terror ; "What is that," he said, " Nokomis?" MO And the good Nokomis answered : " That is but the owl and owlet, Talking in their native language,... | |
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