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~Poetry - Longfellow~

~The Song Of Hiawatha~

The Song Of Hiawatha is a poem of epic size and I have presented it in the order it was written by Longfellow with each section of the poem being on a separate page and complete in itself. The first part - the Introduction, is Longfellow setting the stage for the narrative of the song as sung by Nawadaha telling of the life of Hiawatha.

Introduction.

The first song proper is The Peace Pipe, in all there are twenty two songs, one introduction and one vocabulary section explaining the meanings of the Indian words Longfellow uses.

The Peace Pipe.
The Four Winds.
Hiawatha's Childhood.
Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis.
Hiawatha's Fasting.
Hiawatha's Friends.
Hiawatha's Sailing.
Hiawatha's Fishing.
Hiawatha and the Pearl Feather.
Hiawatha's Wooing.
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast.
The Son of The Evening Star.
Blessing the Corn-fields.
Picture Writing.
Hiawatha's Lamentation.
Pau-Puk-Keewis.
Hunting Pau-Puk-Keewis.
Death of Kwasind.
The Ghosts.
The Famine.
The White Man's Foot.
Hiawatha's Departure.
Vocabulary To The Song Of Hiawatha.

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