The Song of HiawathaAmerica's most popular 19th century poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow devoted himself to providing his country with a national mythology, poetic tradition and epic forms. Known and loved by generations of schoolchidlren for its evocative storytelling, his 1855 classic is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature. |
Contents
I | vi |
II | xiii |
III | 7 |
IV | 18 |
V | 32 |
VII | 45 |
VIII | 54 |
X | 61 |
XVI | 137 |
XVII | 146 |
XVIII | 156 |
XIX | 168 |
XX | 184 |
XXI | 191 |
XXII | 202 |
XXIII | 211 |
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answered arrows beauty beaver behold beneath Big-Sea-Water birch canoe birds bison Blackfoot Bowl branches breath Chibiabos cornfields cried Dacotahs Dance darkness deer deer-skin doorway eyes feathers fell fiery fish forest garments Gitche Gumee Gitche Manito guests hand Heard heart heaven heron Homeward Iagoo Indian Kabibonokka Kahgahgee Kalevala Kenabeek Kwasind lagoo lake Lake Superior land Laughing Water leaped Listen little Hiawatha lodge Longfellow looked magic magician maiden maize Manito meadow Megissogwon mighty Minnehaha moccasin Mondamin Moon morning mountains Mudjekeewis Nahma o'er Ojibways old Nokomis Osseo Oweenee painted Pau-Puk-Keewis Peace-Pipe pine-trees pipe pleasant poem Pottery prairie Ravens red deer river round rushes sailing Sang sea-gulls serpents shadows Shawondasee shining shirt shouted Shuh-shuh-gah sighing silence singing snow-shoes Song of Hiawatha spake Spirit Star stood sturgeon sunset sunshine tresses tribes village Wabasso Wabun wampum war-club warriors Wenonah West-Wind westward whispered wigwam wild yellow Yenadizze