Belphœbe » The Song of Hiawatha http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com literary tidbits Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:04:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Song of Hiawatha http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com/2007/the-song-of-hiawatha/ http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com/2007/the-song-of-hiawatha/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:09:33 +0000 Mashkioya http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com/2007/the-song-of-hiawatha/ Most beloved by Hiawatha
Was the gentle Chibiabos,
He the best of all musicians,
He the sweetest of all singers.
Beautiful and childlike was he,
Brave as man is, soft as woman,
Pliant as a wand of willow,
Stately as a deer with antlers.

When he sang, the village listened;
All the warriors gathered round him,
All the women came to hear him;
Now he stirred their souls to passion,
Now he melted them to pity.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha

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