Poems, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1859 |
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Page 250
... old 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 Bear will get thee ! " Lulled him ...
... old 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 Bear will get thee ! " Lulled him ...
Page 252
... old Nokomis , Made a bow for Hiawatha ; From a branch of ash he made it , From an oak - bough made the arrows , Tipped with flint , and winged with feathers , And the cord he made of deer - skin . Then he said to Hiawatha : " Go , my ...
... old Nokomis , Made a bow for Hiawatha ; From a branch of ash he made it , From an oak - bough made the arrows , Tipped with flint , and winged with feathers , And the cord he made of deer - skin . Then he said to Hiawatha : " Go , my ...
Page 255
... old men , In all youthful sports and pastimes , In all manly arts and labors . Swift of foot was Hiawatha ; He could ... old Nokomis Of his father Mudjekeewis ; Learned from her the fatal secret Of the beauty of his mother , Of the ...
... old men , In all youthful sports and pastimes , In all manly arts and labors . Swift of foot was Hiawatha ; He could ... old Nokomis Of his father Mudjekeewis ; Learned from her the fatal secret Of the beauty of his mother , Of the ...
Page 256
... old Nokomis , " Go not forth , O Hiawatha ! To the kingdom of the West - Wind , To the realms of Mudjekeewis , Lest he harm you with his magic , Lest he kill you with his cunning ! " But the fearless Hiawatha Heeded not her woman's ...
... old Nokomis , " Go not forth , O Hiawatha ! To the kingdom of the West - Wind , To the realms of Mudjekeewis , Lest he harm you with his magic , Lest he kill you with his cunning ! " But the fearless Hiawatha Heeded not her woman's ...
Page 259
... old Nokomis Had 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 ...
... old Nokomis Had 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 ...
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