DAMIEN RICE ~

 

   14th Floor Records

 Feb. 1, 2002

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ~

 from Song of Hiawatha

And the Jossakeeds, the Prophets,

The Wabenos, the Magicians,

And the Medicine-men, the Medas,

Painted upon bark and deer-skin

Figures for the songs they chanted,

For each song a separate symbol,

Figures mystical and awful,

Figures strange and brightly colored;

And each figure had its meaning,

Each some magic song suggested.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow