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Longfellow Henry Wadsworth
«The Song of Hiawatha»

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Big-Sea-WaterSprang with speed the deer before him.With the wind and snow he followed,O'er the treacherous ice he followed,Wild with all the fierce commotionAnd the rapture of the hunting.But beneath, the Evil SpiritsLay in ambush, waiting for him,Broke the treacherous ice beneath him,Dragged him downward to the bottom,Buried in the sand his body.Unktahee, the god of water,He the god of the Dacotahs,Drowned him in the deep abyssesOf the lake of Gitche Gumee.From the headlands HiawathaSent forth such a wail of anguish,Such a fearful lamentation,That the bison paused to listen,And the wolves howled from the prairies,And the thunder in the distanceStarting answered "Baim-wawa!"Then his face with black he painted,With his robe his head he covered,In his wigwam sat lamenting,Seven long weeks he sat lamenting,Uttering still this moan of sorrow:"He is dead, the sweet musician!He the sweetest of all singers!He has gone from us forever,He has moved a little nearerTo the Master of all music,To the Master of all singing!O my brother, Chibiabos!"And the melancholy fir-treesWaved their dark green fans above him,Waved their purple cones above him,Sighing with him to console him,Mingling with his lamentationTheir complaining, their lamenting.Came the Spring, and all the forestLooked in vain for Chibiabos;Sighed the rivulet, Sebowisha,Sighed the rushes in the meadow.From the tree-tops sang the bluebird,Sang the bluebird, the Owaissa,"Chibiabos! Chibiabos!He is dead, the sweet musician!"From the wigwam sang the robin,Sang the robin, the Opechee,"Chibiabos! Chibiabos!He is dead, the sweetest singer!"And at night through all the forestWent the whippoorwill complaining,Wailing went the Wawonaissa,"Chibiabos! Chibiabos!He is dead, the sweet musician!He the sweetest of all singers!"Then the Medicine-men, the Medas,The magicians, the Wabenos,And the Jossakeeds, the Prophets,Came to visit Hiawatha;Built a Sacred Lodge beside him,To appease him, to console him,Walked in silent, grave procession,Bearing each a pouch of healing,Skin of beaver, lynx, or otter,Filled with magic roots and simples,Filled with
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