The Song of HiawathaWm. L. Allison Company, 1897 - 301 pages |
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ancient Arrow-maker answered arrows beauty beaver behold beneath Big-Sea-Water birch canoe birds bison branches breath CANTO Chibiabos cornfields cried Dacotahs damin Danced darkness deer deer-skin doorway eyes feathers fell fiery fish forest garments gayly Gitche Gumee Gitche Manito gleam hand hear Heard heart heaven heron Hiawatha Homeward Iagoo Kabibonokka Kahgahgee Keewis Kenabeek Kwasind land Laughing Water leaped Listen little Hiawatha lodge Looked magic maiden maize meadow Megissogwon mighty Minnehaha Mondamin moon morning mountains Mudjekeewis Nahma o'er old Nokomis Osseo Oweenee painted Pau-Puk-Kee Pau-Puk-Keewis pine-trees pleasant prairie Ravens red deer river rose round rushes sailing Sang sea-gulls shadows Shawondasee Shingebis shining shining land shook shouted Shuh-shuh-gah sighing silence singing smoke Smote Song of Hiawatha songs spake Spirit Star stood sturgeon sunset sunshine trees tresses village Wabasso Wabenos Wabun wampum war-club ward warriors Wenonah West-Wind Whispered wigwam wind yellow Yenadizze
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Page 43 - said the water. Saw the fire-fly, Wah-wah-taysee, Flitting through the dusk of evening, With the twinkle of its candle Lighting up the brakes and bushes, And he sang the song of children, Sang the song Nokomis taught him : " Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, Little, flitting, white-fire insect, Little, dancing, 'white-fire creature, Light me with your little candle, Ere upon my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids !" Saw the moon rise from the water Rippling, rounding from the water, Saw...
Page 41 - 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 51 - 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 91 - Birch-Tree ! Growing by the rushing river, Tall and stately in the valley...
Page 47 - Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them "Hiawatha's Brothers.
Page 93 - Lay aside your white-skin wrapper, For the Summer-time is coming, And the sun is warm in heaven, And you need no white-skin wrapper...
Page 129 - 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 19 - 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 130 - Of the lovely Laughing Water, In the land of the Dacotahs. "Wed a maiden of your people," Warning said the old Nokomis ; "Go not eastward, go not westward, For a stranger, whom we know not! Like a fire upon the hearthstone Is a neighbor's homely daughter, Like the starlight or the moonlight Is the handsomest of strangers!" Thus dissuading spake Nokomis, And my Hiawatha answered Only this: "Dear old Nokomis, Very pleasant is the firelight, But I like the starlight better, Better do I like the moonlight...
Page 11 - Ye, who sometimes, in your rambles Through the green lanes of the country, Where the tangled barberry-bushes Hang their tufts of crimson berries Over stone walls gray with mosses, Pause by some neglected graveyard, For a while to muse, and ponder On a half-effaced inscription, Written with little skill of song-craft, Homely phrases, but each letter Full of hope and yet of heart-break, Full of all the tender pathos Of the Here and the Hereafter; — Stay and read this rude inscription, Read this Song...