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Longfellow Henry Wadsworth
«The Song of Hiawatha»

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the realm of Megissogwon,Toward the land of the Pearl-Feather,Till the level moon stared at himIn his face stared pale and haggard,Till the sun was hot behind him,Till it burned upon his shoulders,And before him on the uplandHe could see the Shining WigwamOf the Manito of Wampum,Of the mightiest of Magicians.Then once more Cheemaun he patted,To his birch-canoe said, "Onward!"And it stirred in all its fibres,And with one great bound of triumphLeaped across the water-lilies,Leaped through tangled flags and rushes,And upon the beach beyond themDry-shod landed Hiawatha.Straight he took his bow of ash-tree,On the sand one end he rested,With his knee he pressed the middle,Stretched the faithful bow-string tighter,Took an arrow, jasperheaded,Shot it at the Shining Wigwam,Sent it singing as a herald,As a bearer of his message,Of his challenge loud and lofty:"Come forth from your lodge, Pearl-Feather!Hiawatha waits your coming!"Straightway from the Shining WigwamCame the mighty Megissogwon,Tall of stature, broad of shoulder,Dark and terrible in aspect,Clad from head to foot in wampum,Armed with all his warlike weapons,Painted like the sky of morning,Streaked with crimson, blue, and yellow,Crested with great eagle-feathers,Streaming upward, streaming outward."Well I know you, Hiawatha!"Cried he in a voice of thunder,In a tone of loud derision."Hasten back, O Shaugodaya!Hasten back among the women,Back to old Nokomis, Faint-heart!I will slay you as you stand there,As of old I slew her father!"But my Hiawatha answered,Nothing daunted, fearing nothing:"Big words do not smite like war-clubs,Boastful breath is not a bow-string,Taunts are not so sharp as arrows,Deeds are better things than words are,Actions mightier than boastings!"Then began the greatest battleThat the sun had ever looked on,That the war-birds ever witnessed.All a Summer's day it lasted,From the sunrise to the sunset;For the shafts of HiawathaHarmless hit the shirt of wampum,Harmless fell the blows he dealt itWith his mittens, Minjekahwun,Harmless fell the heavy war-club;It could
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