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Hiawatha laid his burden , Threw the red deer from his shoulders ; And the maiden looked up at him , Looked up from her mat of rushes , Said with gentle look and accent , " You are welcome , Hiawatha ! " Then uprose the Laughing Water ...
Hiawatha laid his burden , Threw the red deer from his shoulders ; And the maiden looked up at him , Looked up from her mat of rushes , Said with gentle look and accent , " You are welcome , Hiawatha ! " Then uprose the Laughing Water ...
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HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE . HEAVY with heat and silence Grew the afternoon of summer ; With a drowsy sound the forest Whispered round the sultry wigwam , With a sound of sleep the water Rippled on the beach below it : From the corn - fields ...
HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE . HEAVY with heat and silence Grew the afternoon of summer ; With a drowsy sound the forest Whispered round the sultry wigwam , With a sound of sleep the water Rippled on the beach below it : From the corn - fields ...
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Said , " Farewell , O Hiawatha ! " And the forests , dark and lonely , Moved through all their depths of darkness , Sighed , " Farewell , O Hiawatha ! " And the waves upon the margin Rising , rippling on the pebbles , Sobbed ...
Said , " Farewell , O Hiawatha ! " And the forests , dark and lonely , Moved through all their depths of darkness , Sighed , " Farewell , O Hiawatha ! " And the waves upon the margin Rising , rippling on the pebbles , Sobbed ...
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| Title | The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
| Author | Warren P. Edgarton |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Mason Brothers, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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