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miscellaneous poems.
"THE LAST ERRAND OF THE INDIAN CHIEF 'BALD EAGLE.'"[1]
Speed on, speed on, no sound is borne
Upon the troubled wave;
The balk hath sped—its steersman wan,
No cheering answer gave.
Upon the troubled wave;
The balk hath sped—its steersman wan,
No cheering answer gave.
On, on it sped—I trow the dead
Fear not the current strong,
No oar propell'd, and yet it fled,
A fearful thing along.
Fear not the current strong,
No oar propell'd, and yet it fled,
A fearful thing along.
And high above the ravens scream
In eddying circle round,
The wild deer, starting from the stream,
Springs with a startled sound.
In eddying circle round,
The wild deer, starting from the stream,
Springs with a startled sound.
The "Bashkwa" wheels above the wood,
The gloom is deep'ning now,
The doomed bark, safe o'er the flood,
Hath passed with steady prow:
The gloom is deep'ning now,
The doomed bark, safe o'er the flood,
Hath passed with steady prow:
- ↑ C. Hoffman's "Winter in the West."
