Poems, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1859 |
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Page 264
... Nahma , leaping , Scattering drops like beads of wampum , Saw the yellow perch , the Sahwa , Like a sunbeam in the water , Saw the pike , the Maskenozha , And the herring , Okahahwis , And the Shawgashee , the craw - fish ! " " Master ...
... Nahma , leaping , Scattering drops like beads of wampum , Saw the yellow perch , the Sahwa , Like a sunbeam in the water , Saw the pike , the Maskenozha , And the herring , Okahahwis , And the Shawgashee , the craw - fish ! " " Master ...
Page 280
... Nahma , Mishe - Nahma , King of Fishes , In his birch canoe exulting All alone went Hiawatha . Through the clear , transparent water He could see the fishes swimming Far down in the depths below him ; See the yellow perch , the Sahwa ...
... Nahma , Mishe - Nahma , King of Fishes , In his birch canoe exulting All alone went Hiawatha . Through the clear , transparent water He could see the fishes swimming Far down in the depths below him ; See the yellow perch , the Sahwa ...
Page 281
... Nahma ! Come up from below the water , Let us see which is the stronger ! " And he dropped his line of cedar Through the clear , transparent water , Waited vainly for an answer , Long sat waiting for an answer , And repeating loud and ...
... Nahma ! Come up from below the water , Let us see which is the stronger ! " And he dropped his line of cedar Through the clear , transparent water , Waited vainly for an answer , Long sat waiting for an answer , And repeating loud and ...
Page 282
... Nahma , Said to Ugudwash , the sun - fish , To the bream , with scales of crimson , " Take the bait of this great boaster , Break the line of Hiawatha ! " Slowly upward , wavering , gleaming , Rose the Ugudwash , the sun - fish , Seized ...
... Nahma , Said to Ugudwash , the sun - fish , To the bream , with scales of crimson , " Take the bait of this great boaster , Break the line of Hiawatha ! " Slowly upward , wavering , gleaming , Rose the Ugudwash , the sun - fish , Seized ...
Page 283
... Nahma , Felt the mighty King of Fishes Shudder through each nerve and fibre , Heard the water gurgle round him As he leaped and staggered through it , Sick at heart , and faint and weary . Crosswise then did Hiawatha Drag his birch ...
... Nahma , Felt the mighty King of Fishes Shudder through each nerve and fibre , Heard the water gurgle round him As he leaped and staggered through it , Sick at heart , and faint and weary . Crosswise then did Hiawatha Drag his birch ...
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ABBOT Acadian Angel answered arrows beautiful beaver behold beneath Big-Sea-Water bison breath canoe Chibiabos cried Dacotahs darkness daughter dead death deer doorway ELSIE Evangeline eyes face father Filled forest FRIAR CUTHBERT Gabriel gazed Gitche Gitche Gumee gleamed GOTTLIEB Grand-Pré guests hand hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha Hoheneck holy Homeward Iagoo Kenabeek King Kwasind lake land Laughing Water light listen little Hiawatha lodge look LUCIFER magic maiden maize meadow mighty Minnehaha Mondamin monks moon morning mountains Mudjekeewis Nahma night o'er old Nokomis Osseo pass Pau-Puk-Keewis pine-trees prairie prayer priest PRINCE HENRY Rhuys river rose round rushing Salern Sang shadow shining shore shouted silent singing sleep slowly song Song of Hiawatha sorrow soul sound spake Spirit Star stood sunshine sweet thee thou tresses unto URSULA village voice Wabasso waited wampum Wenonah whispered wigwam wild wind wonder words