 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 686 pages
...the battle, He divided with his people. Shared it equally among them. X. HIAWATHA'S WOOING' " As onto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman, Though...still of Minnehaha, Of the lovely Laughing Water, In the land of the Dacotahs. homely d» aghter, or the moonlight of strangers !" oisnading spake Nokomis,... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - 1880 - 300 pages
...blessed creeter, A dogrose blushin' to a brook Ain't modester nor sweeter. У. R. Lowell. March 2. As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman...him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other ! HW Long/Mow. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. RW Emerson. March 3. For... | |
 | Frederick Sherlock - 1880 - 264 pages
...Longfellow, in speaking of the influence of women over men. In the poem of Hiawatha, he says : — '"As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is...draws him yet she follows, Useless each without the other.1 ' Useless each without the other.' That is the grand social movement for the regeneration of... | |
 | C. A. M. Burdett - 1880 - 356 pages
...She's a good sign, but I have seen Small reflection of her wit. Shahespeare (Cgmbeline(. October 3. As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman....obeys him ; Though she draws him, yet she follows. Longfellow (Song o Love the strong and weak doth yoke, And makes the ivy climb the oak. Alarquis of... | |
 | Frank Vincent - 1881 - 300 pages
...which I reproduce here that the reader may contrast and compare the Finnish and the American poems. " ' As unto the bow the cord is So unto the man is woman,...still of Minnehaha, Of the lovely Laughing Water, In the land of the Dacotahs." All persons intending to enter the public service of Finland must learn... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1881 - 754 pages
...trophies of the battle, He divided with his people, Snared it equally among them. X. HIAWATHA'S WOOING. " As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman,...still of Minnehaha, Of the lovely Laughing Water, In the land of the Dacotahs. " Wed a maiden of your people," Warning, said the old Nokomis ; " Go not... | |
 | 1881 - 674 pages
...of the squirrel, and kills Mishe-Nahma, the King of Fishes. Then we have the story of his wooing: " 'As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman,...him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other I'" He had seen among the Dacotahs, Minnehaha, whose name is Laughing Water, the daughter of the Arrow-maker;... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - 1881 - 378 pages
...a blessed creeter, A dogrose blushin' to a brook Ain't modester nor sweeter. y. R. Lowell. March 2. As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman...him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other ! H. lT. Longfellow. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. RWEmerson. March 3.... | |
 | 1881 - 410 pages
...is introduced as an illustration of the meaning only, as in this sentence of Longfellow's — " AM unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman,...yet she follows, Useless each without the other." In this case every part of the figure is made to show the exact resemblance of the man and woman to... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1882 - 486 pages
...all mighty matters, and looks upon her as a being of more than human goodness and wisdom. HYPEKION. As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman...obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows. HIAWATHA. Virgil, 70 B. c. ; Paid Flemming, 1609 ; Dannecker, 1758. OCTOBER 16. A. von Haller, 1708;... | |
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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... 
