Graham Greene
O Kagh
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Set the clouds on fire with redness, Burned the broad sky, like a prairie, Left upon the level water. One long track and trail of splendor, Down whose stream, as down a river, Westward, westward Hiawatha. Sailed into the fiery sunset, Sailed into the purple vapors, Sailed into the dusk of evening:
The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which features Native American characters. The epic relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha , a Dakota woman.
Ye who love the haunts of Nature, Love the sunshine of the meadow, Love the shadow of the forest, Love the wind among the branches, And the rain-shower and the snow-storm, And the rushing of great rivers. Through their palisades of pine-trees, And the thunder in the mountains, Whose innumerable echoes.
Apr 1, 1991 · The Song of Hiawatha is based on the legends and stories of many North American Indian tribes, but especially those of the Ojibway Indians of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. They were collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the reknowned historian, pioneer explorer, and geologist.
THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. In a memorable rhythmic † beat, this work of fiction tells the story of Hiawatha, a legendary Ojibwe leader with supernatural powers. It tells of his birth and upbringing, his many adventures, his devotion to his people, and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha, a Dakota woman. • This epic—first published in 1855 ...
Hiawatha's Departure from The Song of Hiawatha By the shore of Gitchie Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited. All the air was full of freshness, All the earth was bright and joyous, And before him through the sunshine, Westward toward the neighboring forest
In his miraculous character, Hiawatha was the incarnation of human progress and civilization. He taught agriculture, navigation, medicine, and the arts, conquering by his magic all the powers of nature that war against man. The story of Hiawatha is told in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha (1855), a long poem, written in the metre ...
