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Longfellow Henry Wadsworth
«The Song of Hiawatha»

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the air with splendor,With the splendor of its plumage?Yes; it is the sun descending,Sinking down into the water;All the sky is stained with purple,All the water flushed with crimson!No; it is the Red Swan floating,Diving down beneath the water;To the sky its wings are lifted,With its blood the waves are reddened!Over it the Star of EveningMelts and trembles through the purple,Hangs suspended in the twilight.No; it is a bead of wampumOn the robes of the Great SpiritAs he passes through the twilight,Walks in silence through the heavens.This with joy beheld IagooAnd he said in haste: "Behold it!See the sacred Star of Evening!You shall hear a tale of wonder,Hear the story of Osseo,Son of the Evening Star, Osseo!"Once, in days no more remembered,Ages nearer the beginning,When the heavens were closer to us,And the Gods were more familiar,In the North-land lived a hunter,With ten young and comely daughters,Tall and lithe as wands of willow;Only Oweenee, the youngest,She the wilful and the wayward,She the silent, dreamy maiden,Was the fairest of the sisters."All these women married warriors,Married brave and haughty husbands;Only Oweenee, the youngest,Laughed and flouted all her lovers,All her young and handsome suitors,And then married old Osseo,Old Osseo, poor and ugly,Broken with age and weak with coughing,Always coughing like a squirrel."Ah, but beautiful within himWas the spirit of Osseo,From the Evening Star descended,Star of Evening, Star of Woman,Star of tenderness and passion!All its fire was in his bosom,All its beauty in his spirit,All its mystery in his being,All its splendor in his language!"And her lovers, the rejected,Handsome men with belts of wampum,Handsome men with paint and feathers.Pointed at her in derision,Followed her with jest and laughter.But she said: 'I care not for you,Care not for your belts of wampum,Care not for your paint and feathers,Care not for your jests and laughter;I am happy
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