Poems, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1859 |
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Page 18
... maize , hung Over his shoulders ; his forehead was high ; and glasses with horn bows Sat astride on his nose , with a look of wisdom supernal . Father of twenty children was he , and more than a hundred Children's children rode on his ...
... maize , hung Over his shoulders ; his forehead was high ; and glasses with horn bows Sat astride on his nose , with a look of wisdom supernal . Father of twenty children was he , and more than a hundred Children's children rode on his ...
Page 66
... maize - ear Feasted , and slaked their thirst from the water- gourd of the teacher . Soon was their story told ; and the priest with solemnity answered : — " Not six suns have risen and set since Gabriel , seated On this mat by my side ...
... maize - ear Feasted , and slaked their thirst from the water- gourd of the teacher . Soon was their story told ; and the priest with solemnity answered : — " Not six suns have risen and set since Gabriel , seated On this mat by my side ...
Page 67
... maize that were springing Green from the ground when a stranger she came , now waving above her , Lifted their slender shafts , with leaves interlacing , and forming Cloisters for mendicant crows and granaries pil- laged by squirrels ...
... maize that were springing Green from the ground when a stranger she came , now waving above her , Lifted their slender shafts , with leaves interlacing , and forming Cloisters for mendicant crows and granaries pil- laged by squirrels ...
Page 269
... feather From the earth shot slowly upward , Then another and another , And before the Summer ended Stood the maize in all its beauty , With its shining robes about it , And its long , soft , yellow tresses ; And HIAWATHA'S FASTING . 269.
... feather From the earth shot slowly upward , Then another and another , And before the Summer ended Stood the maize in all its beauty , With its shining robes about it , And its long , soft , yellow tresses ; And HIAWATHA'S FASTING . 269.
Page 270
... maize was growing , Told them of his wondrous vision , Of his wrestling and his triumph , Of this new gift to the nations , Which should be their food forever . And still later , when the Autumn Changed the long , green leaves to yellow ...
... maize was growing , Told them of his wondrous vision , Of his wrestling and his triumph , Of this new gift to the nations , Which should be their food forever . And still later , when the Autumn Changed the long , green leaves to yellow ...
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