Hiawatha and Old Nokomis, by Will Hammell

Hiawatha and Old Nokomis, by Will Hammell
Identifier: poemsmychildrenl00john (find matches)
Title: Poems my children love best of all
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, ed Bassett, Mary R Hammell, Will
Subjects: Children's poetry
Publisher: New York : Lloyd Adams Noble
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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TASK Wheneer a task is set for you,Dont idly sit and view it— Nor be content to wish it done;Begin at once and do it. 104 Little Folks Book of Verse HIAWATHAS CHILDHOOD By the shores of Gitchee Gumee,By the shining Big-Sea-Water,Stood the wigwam of Nokomis,Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.Dark behind it rose the forest,Rose the black and gloomy pine trees,Rose the firs with cones upon them;Bright before it beat the water,Beat the clear and sunny water,Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water. There the wrinkled old NokomisNursed the little Hiawatha,Rocked him in his linden cradle,Bedded soft in moss and rushes,Safely bound with reindeer sinews.At the door on summer evenings,Sat the little Hiawatha;Heard the whispering of the pine trees,Heard the lapping of the water,Sounds of music, words of wonder;Saw the firefly Wah-wah-taysee,Flitting through the dusk of evening,With the twinkle of its candleLighting up the brakes and bushes;Saw the moon rise from the water,Rippling, rounding from the water.
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Hiawatha and Old Nokomis THE HEW YORKI (JB LIC LIBRARY : OR, LENOX_ix! I GJr,DATLONS Hiawathas Childhood 105 When he heard the owls at midnight,Hooting, laughing in the forest, What is that? he cried in terror;What is that, he said, Nokomis?And the good Nokomis answered, That is but the owl and owletTalking in their native language,Talking, scolding at each other. Then the little HiawathaLearned of every bird its language,Learned their names and all their secrets,How they built their nests in summer,Where they hid themselves in winter,Talked with them wheneer he met them,Called them Hiawathas Chickens. Of all the beasts he learned the language,Learned their names and all their secrets,How the beavers built their lodges,Where the squirrels hid their acorns,How the reindeer ran so swiftly,Why the rabbit was so timid,Talked with them wheneer he met them,Called them Hiawathas Brothers.J; Henry W. Longfellow. 106 Little Folks Book of Verse THE GLUTTON There was once a duck so much given to