Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 135
ore it beat the water.Beat the clear and sunny water.Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water. There the wrinkled 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… … Many thiugs Xokomis taught himOf the stars that shine in heaven ;Showed him Islikoodah, the cometIshkoodah, with fiery tresses ;Showed the Death-Dance of the spirits,Warriors with their plumes and war-clubs,Flaring far away to northwardIn the frosty nights of winter ;Showed the broad, white road in…
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