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Longfellow Henry Wadsworth
«The Song of Hiawatha»

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a deer with antlers!"Forth into the forest straightwayAll alone walked HiawathaProudly, with his bow and arrows;And the birds sang round him, o'er him,"Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!"Sang the robin, the Opechee,Sang the bluebird, the Owaissa,"Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!"Up the oak-tree, close beside him,Sprang the squirrel, Adjidaumo,In and out among the branches,Coughed and chattered from the oak-tree,Laughed, and said between his laughing,"Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!"And the rabbit from his pathwayLeaped aside, and at a distanceSat erect upon his haunches,Half in fear and half in frolic,Saying to the little hunter,"Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!"But he heeded not, nor heard them,For his thoughts were with the red deer;On their tracks his eyes were fastened,Leading downward to the river,To the ford across the river,And as one in slumber walked he.Hidden in the alder-bushes,There he waited till the deer came,Till he saw two antlers lifted,Saw two eyes look from the thicket,Saw two nostrils point to windward,And a deer came down the pathway,Flecked with leafy light and shadow.And his heart within him fluttered,Trembled like the leaves above him,Like the birch-leaf palpitated,As the deer came down the pathway.Then, upon one knee uprising,Hiawatha aimed an arrow;Scarce a twig moved with his motion,Scarce a leaf was stirred or rustled,But the wary roebuck started,Stamped with all his hoofs together,Listened with one foot uplifted,Leaped as if to meet the arrow;Ah! the singing, fatal arrow,Like a wasp it buzzed and stung him!Dead he lay there in the forest,By the ford across the river;Beat his timid heart no longer,But the heart of HiawathaThrobbed and shouted and exulted,As he bore the red deer homeward,And Iagoo and NokomisHailed his coming with applauses.From the red deer's hide NokomisMade a cloak for Hiawatha,From the red deer's flesh NokomisMade a banquet to his honor.All the village came and feasted,All the guests praised Hiawatha,Called him Strong-Heart, Soan-ge-taha!Called
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