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To The Driving Cloud
To The Driving Cloud
Gloomy and dark art thou, O chief of the mighty Omahas;
Gloomy and dark as the driving cloud, whose name thou hast taken!
Wr…
To Italy. (From Filicaja)
To Italy. (From Filicaja)
Italy! Italy! thou who'rt doomed to wear
The fatal gift of beauty and possess
The dower funest of infinite wretchedness…
To an Old Danish Song-Book
To an Old Danish Song-Book
Welcome, my old friend,
Welcome to a foreign fireside,
While the sullen gales of autumn
Shake the windows.
Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The
Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
…
The Witnesses
The Witnesses
In Ocean's wide domains,
Half buried in the sands,
Lie skeletons in chains,
With shackled feet and hands.
Beyond th…
There Was a Little Girl
There Was a Little Girl
There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
S…
The White Man's Foot
The White Man's Foot
In his lodge beside a river,
Close beside a frozen river,
Sat an old man, sad and lonely.
White his hair was as a sn…
The Warden Of The Cinque Ports. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
The Warden Of The Cinque Ports. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
A mist was driving down the British Channel,
The day was just begun,
And thr…
The Two Rivers
The Two Rivers
Slowly the hour-hand of the clock moves round;
So slowly that no human eye hath power
To see it move! Slowly in shine or shower
The Village Blacksmith
The Village Blacksmith
Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a might man is he,
With large and sinewy han…
The Three Silences Of Molinos
The Three Silences Of Molinos
Three Silences there are: the first of speech,
The second of desire, the third of thought;
This is the lore a Spani…
The Two Angels. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
The Two Angels. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
Two angels, one of Life and one of Death,
Passed o'er our village as the morning broke;
The …
The Terrestrial Paradise. (From Dante. Purgatorio, XXVIII.)
The Terrestrial Paradise. (From Dante. Purgatorio, XXVIII.)
Longing already to search in and round
The heavenly forest, dense and living-green,
W…
The Sound of the Sea
The Sound of the Sea
The sea awoke at midnight from its sleep,
And round the pebbly beaches far and wide
I heard the first wave of the rising tid…
The Song Of Hiawatha XXII: Hiawatha's Departure
The Song Of Hiawatha XXII: Hiawatha's Departure
By the shore of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
…
The Song of Hiawatha: X
The Song of Hiawatha: X
X. Hiawatha's Wooing
"As unto the bow the cord is,
So unto the man is woman,
Though she bends him, she obeys him,…
The Song Of Hiawatha XX: The Famine
The Song Of Hiawatha XX: The Famine
Oh the long and dreary Winter!
Oh the cold and cruel Winter!
Ever thicker, thicker, thicker
Froze the…
The Song Of Hiawatha XVII: The Hunting Of Pau-Puk Keewis
The Song Of Hiawatha XVII: The Hunting Of Pau-Puk Keewis
Full of wrath was Hiawatha
When he came into the village,
Found the people in confusion,…
The Song Of Hiawatha XIV: Picture-Writing
The Song Of Hiawatha XIV: Picture-Writing
In those days said Hiawatha,
'Lo! how all things fade and perish!
From the memory of the old men
…
The Song Of Hiawatha XV: Hiawatha's Lamentation
The Song Of Hiawatha XV: Hiawatha's Lamentation
In those days the Evil Spirits,
All the Manitos of mischief,
Fearing Hiawatha's wisdom,
A…
The Song Of Hiawatha XII: The Son Of The Evening Star
The Song Of Hiawatha XII: The Son Of The Evening Star
Can it be the sun descending
O'er the level plain of water?
Or the Red Swan floating, flyin…
The Song of Hiawatha X: Hiawatha's Wooing
The Song of Hiawatha X: Hiawatha's Wooing
'As unto the bow the cord is,
So unto the man is woman,
Though she bends him, she obeys him,
Th…
The Song Of Hiawatha VII: Hiawatha's Sailing
The Song Of Hiawatha VII: Hiawatha's Sailing
'Give me of your bark, O Birch-tree!
Of your yellow bark, O Birch-tree!
Growing by the rushing river…
The Song Of Hiawatha V: Hiawatha's Fasting
The Song Of Hiawatha V: Hiawatha's Fasting
You shall hear how Hiawatha
Prayed and fasted in the forest,
Not for greater skill in hunting,
…