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HIAWATHA'S WOOING. 131
'Twixt the shadow and the sunshine,
Herds of fallow deer were feeding,
But they saw not Hiawatha;
To his bow he whispered, " Fail not I "
To his arrow whispered, " Swerve not!"
Sent it singing on its errand,
To the red heart of the roebuck ;
Threw the deer across his shoulder,
And sped forward without pausing.
At the doorway of his wigwam
Sat the ancient...
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130 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
That our tribes might be united,
That old feuds might be forgotten,
And old wounds be healed for ever ! "
Thus departed Hiawatha
To the land of the Dacotahs,
To the land of handsome women ;
Striding over moor and meadow,
Through interminable forests,
Through uninterrupted silence.
With his moccasons of magic,
At each stride a mile he measured ;
Yet the way...
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HIAWATHA'S WOOING. 129
Feet that run on willing errands ! "
Smiling answered Hiawatha :
" In the land of the Dacotahs
Lives the Arrow-maker's daughter,
Minnehaha, Laughing Water,
Handsomest of all the women.
I will bring her to your wigwam,
She shall run upon your errands,
Be your starlight, moonlight, firelight,
Be the sunlight of my people ! "
Still dissuading said Nokomis :
ee...
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128 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
" Wed a maiden of your people,"
Warning said the old Nokomis ;
" Go not eastward, go not westward,
For a stranger, whom we know not !
Like a fire upon the hearthstone
Is a neighbour's homely daughter,
Like the starlight or the moonligh
Is the handsomest of strangers ! "
Thus dissuading spake Nokomis,
And my Hiawatha answered
Only this : " Dear old Nokomis,...
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so sudden
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HIAWATHA'S WOOING.
" 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!"
Thus the youthful Hiawatha
Said within himself and pondered,
Much perplexed by various feelings,
Listless, longing, hoping, fearing,
Dreaming still of Minnehaha,
Of the lovely Laughing Water,...
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