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... Powhatan's Daughter ( the Indian Princess is the flesh of America , the American earth , and mother of our dream ) , begins the recital of xxxi AN INTRODUCTION BY WALDO FRANK PROEM:
... Powhatan's Daughter ( the Indian Princess is the flesh of America , the American earth , and mother of our dream ) , begins the recital of xxxi AN INTRODUCTION BY WALDO FRANK PROEM:
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... Powhatan's daughter , America's flesh , dances and the flesh becomes spirit . Dances the poet's boyhood memories of star and lake , of " sleek boat nibbling margin grass " ; dances at last into the life of an In- diana mother , home ...
... Powhatan's daughter , America's flesh , dances and the flesh becomes spirit . Dances the poet's boyhood memories of star and lake , of " sleek boat nibbling margin grass " ; dances at last into the life of an In- diana mother , home ...
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... Missouri Joe . Oh , lean from the window , if the train slows down , As though you touched hands with some ancient clown , nor the myths of her fathers ... 1 V A little while gaze absently below And hum 19 POWHATAN'S DAUGHTER.
... Missouri Joe . Oh , lean from the window , if the train slows down , As though you touched hands with some ancient clown , nor the myths of her fathers ... 1 V A little while gaze absently below And hum 19 POWHATAN'S DAUGHTER.
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