 Saw the moon rise from the water Rippling, rounding from the water, Saw the flecks and shadows on it, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis ?" And the good Nokomis answered : " Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his grandmother, and threw her Up into the...  Poems - Page 245by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1899 - 456 pages
...water, Saw the flecks and shadows on it, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis ? " And the good Nokomis answered : " Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his...at midnight ; Right against the moon he threw her ; 'Tis her body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky, the rainbow,... | |
 | 1899 - 450 pages
...flecks and shadows on it, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis? " And the good Nokomis answered: 255 " Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his grandmother,...at midnight; Right against the moon he threw her; 'Tis her body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky, the rainbow,... | |
 | Richard Hinckley Allen - 1899 - 598 pages
...current among many nations. One from our North American Indians appears in Longfellow's Hiawatha : Once a warrior very angry, Seized his grandmother,...at midnight ; Right against the moon he threw her; 'Tis her body that you see there. The Incas knew them as a beautiful mairlen who fell in love with... | |
 | 1917 - 456 pages
...flecks and shadows on it, Whispered, " What is that, Nokomis ? " And the good Nokomis answered: 255 " Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his grandmother,...at midnight ; Right against the moon he threw her; Tis her body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky, the rainbow, Whispered,... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge - 1900 - 336 pages
...creature, Light me with your little caudle, Ere upon my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids ! " Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky,...'T is the heaven of flowers you see there ; All the wild flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom... | |
 | 1900 - 336 pages
...creature, Light me with your little candle, Ere upon my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids ! " Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky,...'T is the heaven of flowers you see there ; All the wild flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom... | |
 | Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - 1900 - 250 pages
...the water, Saw the flecks and shadows on it, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis?" And the good Nokomis answered : " Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his...at midnight ; Right against the moon he threw her ; Tis her body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky the rainbow,... | |
 | American Bureau of Geography - 1900 - 858 pages
...the water; Saw the flecks and shadows on it; Whispered, 'What is that Nokomis?1 And the good Nokomis answered: 'Once a warrior, very angry Seized his grandmother...her Up into the sky at midnight; Right against the inoon he threw her; 'Tis her body that you see there.' " Some people see a man in the moon ; others... | |
 | Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - 1900 - 250 pages
...water, Saw the flecks and shadows on it, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis? " And the good Nokomis answered : " Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his...grandmother, and threw her Up into the sky at midnight ; Eight against the moon he threw her ; 'Tis her body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 284 pages
...water, Saw the flecks and shadows on it, Whispered, " What is that, Nokonris ? " And the good Nokomis answered : " Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his...at midnight ; Right against the moon he threw her ; Tis her body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky, the rainbow,... | |
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