Ye voices, that arose
After the Evening's close,
And whispered to my restless heart repose!
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In those days said Hiawatha,
"Lo! how all things fade and perish!
From the memory of the old men
Pass away the great traditions,
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Thus then, much care-worn,
The son of Healfden
Sorrowed evermore,
Nor might the prudent hero
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We sat within the farm-house old,
Whose windows, looking o'er the bay,
Gave to the sea-breeze damp and cold,
An easy entrance, night and day.
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In Ocean's wide domains,
Half buried in the sands,
Lie skeletons in chains,
With shackled feet and hands.
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I leave you, ye cold mountain chains,
Dwelling of warriors stark and frore!
You, may these eyes behold no more,
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How cold are thy baths, Apollo!
Cried the African monarch, the splendid,
As down to his death in the hollow
Dark dungeons of Rome he descended,
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Oh give me back the days when loose and free
To my blind passion were the curb and rein,
Oh give me back the angelic face again,
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O, how blest are ye whose toils are ended!
Who, through death, have unto God ascended!
Ye have arisen
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You shall hear how Pau-Puk-Keewis,
He, the handsome Yenadizze,
Whom the people called the Storm-Fool,
Vexed the village with disturbance;
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