Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
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,In the pleasant Summer morning,Hiawatha stood and waited.All..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xxi: 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 snow-drift;Dull and low his fire was..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xx: The Famine
Oh the long and dreary Winter!Oh the cold and cruel Winter!Ever thicker, thicker, thickerFroze the ice on lake and river,Ever deeper, deeper..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xviii: The Death Of Kwasind
Far and wide among the nationsSpread the name and fame of Kwasind;No man dared to strive with Kwasind,No man could compete with Kwasind.But the..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xvii: The Hunting Of Pau-Puk Keewis
Full of wrath was HiawathaWhen he came into the village,Found the people in confusion,Heard of all the misdemeanors,All the malice and the..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xvi: Pau-Puk-Keewis
You shall hear how Pau-Puk-Keewis,He, the handsome Yenadizze,Whom the people called the Storm-Fool,Vexed the village with disturbance;You shall hear..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xv: Hiawatha's Lamentation
In those days the Evil Spirits,All the Manitos of mischief,Fearing Hiawatha's wisdom,And his love for Chibiabos,Jealous of their faithful..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xix: The Ghosts
Never stoops the soaring vultureOn his quarry in the desert,On the sick or wounded bison,But another vulture, watchingFrom his high aerial..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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 menPass away the great traditions,The achievements of the..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xiii: Blessing The Cornfields
Sing, O Song of Hiawatha,Of the happy days that followed,In the land of the Ojibways,In the pleasant land and peaceful!Sing the mysteries of..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xii: The Son Of The Evening Star
Can it be the sun descendingO'er the level plain of water?Or the Red Swan floating, flying,Wounded by the magic arrow,Staining all the waves with..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Xi: Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast
You shall hear how Pau-Puk-Keewis,How the handsome YenadizzeDanced at Hiawatha's wedding;How the gentle Chibiabos,He the sweetest of musicians,Sang..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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,Though she draws him, yet she follows,Useless each without..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Viii: Hiawatha's Fishing
Forth upon the Gitche Gumee,On the shining Big-Sea-Water,With his fishing-line of cedar,Of the twisted bark of cedar,Forth to catch the sturgeon..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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,Tall and stately in the valley!I a light canoe..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Vi: Hiawatha's Friends
Two good friends had Hiawatha,Singled out from all the others,Bound to him in closest union,And to whom he gave the right handOf his heart, in joy..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha V: Hiawatha's Fasting
You shall hear how HiawathaPrayed and fasted in the forest,Not for greater skill in hunting,Not for greater craft in fishing,Not for triumphs in the..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Ix: Hiawatha And The PearlFeather
On the shores of Gitche Gumee,Of the shining Big-Sea-Water,Stood Nokomis, the old woman,Pointing with her finger westward,O'er the water pointing..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Iv: Hiawatha And Mudjekeewis
Out of childhood into manhoodNow had grown my Hiawatha,Skilled in all the craft of hunters,Learned in all the lore of old men,In all youthful sports..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha Ii: The Four Winds
'Honor be to Mudjekeewis!'Cried the warriors, cried the old men,When he came in triumph homewardWith the sacred Belt of Wampum,From the regions of..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song Of Hiawatha I: The Peace-Pipe
On the Mountains of the Prairie,On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry,Gitche Manito, the mighty,He the Master of Life, descending,On the red crags of..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Son Of The Evening Star
Can it be the sun descendingO'er the level plain of water?Or the Red Swan floating, flying,Wounded by the magic arrow,Staining all the waves with..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Slave's Dream
Beside the ungathered rice he lay,His sickle in his hand;His breast was bare, his matted hairWas buried in the sand.Again, in the mist and shadow of..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Slave Singing At Midnight
Loud he sang the psalm of David!He, a Negro and enslaved,Sang of Israel's victory,Sang of Zion, bright and free.In that hour, when night is..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Slave In The Dismal Swamp
In dark fens of the Dismal SwampThe hunted Negro lay;He saw the fire of the midnight camp,And heard at times a horse's trampAnd a bloodhound's..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow