 My canoe to bind together, So to bind the ends together That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me!" And the Larch, with all its fibres, Shivered in the air of morning, Touched his forehead with its tassels, Said, with one long sigh of...  The Song of Hiawatha - Page 91by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Peter Rosen - Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) - 1895 - 728 pages
...the river may not wet me I From the earth he tore the fibres, Tore the tough roots of the larch tree, Closely sewed the bark together, Bound it closely to the framework. Give me of your balms, O Fir Tree, Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, W. B. Powell - 1896 - 376 pages
...river may not wet me ! ' From the earth he tore the fibres, Tore the tough roots of the larch tree, Closely sewed the bark together, Bound it closely to the framework. ' Give me of your balm, 0 Fir Tree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,'... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1897 - 380 pages
...Went a murmur of resistance ; But it whispered, bending downward, " Take my boughs, O Hiawatha ! " Shaped them straightway to a frame-work, Like two...closely to the frame-work. " Give me of your balm, O Fir-tree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - Readers - 1897 - 230 pages
...them all, 0 Hiawatha ! " From the earth he tore the fibers, Tore the tough roots of the Larch Tree, Closely sewed the bark together, Bound it closely to the framework. "Give me of your balm, 0 Fir Tree! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,... | |
 | Mrs. Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - Readers and speakers - 1898 - 84 pages
...tassels, ./ Said, with one long sigh of sorrow, "Take them all, 0 Hiawatha." " Give me of your balm, 0 Fir Tree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together, That the water may not enter And the river may not enter." And the Fir Tree, tall and sombre, Answered wailing, answered weeping,... | |
 | Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - 1898 - 84 pages
...with one long sigh of sorrow, "Take them all, 0 Hiawatha." " Give me of your balm, 0 Fir Tree! \ s Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together, That the water may not enter And the river may not enter." And the Fir Tree, tall and sombre, Answered wailing, answered weeping*... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1899 - 456 pages
...Like two bows he formed and shaped them, Like two bended bows together. " Give me of your roots, 0 Tamarack ! Of your fibrous roots, O Larch-tree ! My...closely to the frame-work. " Give me of your balm, O Fir-tree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter,... | |
 | Maud Going - Botany - 1899 - 434 pages
...it for tightening the seams of their canoes. " Give me of your balm, O fir-tree," cries Hiawatha, " Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together. That the water may not enter. And the fir-tree, tall and sombre, Sobbed through all its robes of darkness, Take my balm, O Hiawatha."... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida Catherine Bender - Literature - 1900 - 274 pages
..."Take them all, O Hiawatha!" From the earth he tore the fibers, Tore the tough roots of the Larch Tree, Closely sewed' the bark together, Bound it closely...balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together • O That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me!" And the Fir Tree, tall and somber,... | |
 | New York (State). Department of Public Instruction - Education - 1900 - 1314 pages
...them all, O Hiawatha ! " From the earth he tore the fibres, Tore the tough roots of the Larch tree. Closely sewed the bark together, Bound it closely...the framework. " Give me of your balm, O Fir tree I Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter. That... | |
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