Poems of Henry W. Longfellow: Including Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha and the Courtship of Miles Standish; with Biographical Sketch and Explanatory NotesBurt, 1901 - 347 pages |
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Page 166
... Nokomis , Fell the beautiful Nokomis , She a wife , but not a mother . She was sporting with her women Swinging in a swing of grapevines , When her rival , the rejected , Full of jealousy and hatred , Cut the leafy swing asunder , Cut ...
... Nokomis , Fell the beautiful Nokomis , She a wife , but not a mother . She was sporting with her women Swinging in a swing of grapevines , When her rival , the rejected , Full of jealousy and hatred , Cut the leafy swing asunder , Cut ...
Page 167
... 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 Bear1 will get thee ! " 66 Lulled him into ...
... 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 Bear1 will get thee ! " 66 Lulled him into ...
Page 168
... Nokomis , Made a bow for Hiawatha : From a branch of ash he made it , From an oak - bough made the ar- rows , Tipped ... Nokomis Hailed his coming with applauses . From the red deer's hide Nokomis Made a cloak for Hiawatha , From the red ...
... Nokomis , Made a bow for Hiawatha : From a branch of ash he made it , From an oak - bough made the ar- rows , Tipped ... Nokomis Hailed his coming with applauses . From the red deer's hide Nokomis Made a cloak for Hiawatha , From the red ...
Page 169
... Nokomis Of his father Mudjekeewis ; Learned from her the fatal secret Of the beauty of his mother , Of the falsehood of his father ; And his heart was hot within him , Like a living coal his heart was . Then he said to old Nokomis , " I ...
... Nokomis Of his father Mudjekeewis ; Learned from her the fatal secret Of the beauty of his mother , Of the falsehood of his father ; And his heart was hot within him , Like a living coal his heart was . Then he said to old Nokomis , " I ...
Page 170
... Nokomis IIad remembered and related . And he cried , O Mudjekeewis , It was you who killed Wenonah , Took her young life and her beauty , Broke the Lily of the Prairie , Trampled it beneath your footsteps ; You confess it ! you confess ...
... Nokomis IIad remembered and related . And he cried , O Mudjekeewis , It was you who killed Wenonah , Took her young life and her beauty , Broke the Lily of the Prairie , Trampled it beneath your footsteps ; You confess it ! you confess ...
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Acadian answer arrows beautiful behold beneath birds bosom breath bright Captain Chibiabos CHISPA clouds CRUZADO Dacotahs dance dark dead death DON CARLOS dreams earth Edenhall Evangeline eyes face father flowers forest gleam golden Grand-Pré grave Gypsy hand hast hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha holy HYPOLITO John Alden Julius Cæsar Kenabeek Kwasind land LARA Laughing Water leaves light look loud maiden maize meadow mighty Miles Standish Minnehaha Mondamin moon morning night o'er old Nokomis Osseo PADRE CURA passed Pau-Puk-Keewis poem prairie Pray prayer PRECIOSA Priscilla river rose round rushing sail sang shadows shining shore silent singing sleep smile snow soft song Song of Hiawatha sorrow soul sound spake spirit stars stood sunshine sweet Tharaw thee thou art thought trees unto VICTORIAN village voice waiting wampum wander waves weary whispered wigwam wild wind words youth