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From YouTube: The Song of Hiawatha
Description
In this video Michael from Bournemouth library reads the introduction of the Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
A
Should
you
ask
me
whence
these
stories
went
these
legends
and
traditions
with
the
odours
of
the
forest,
with
the
dew
and
damp
of
meadows,
with
the
curling
smoke
of
wigwams,
with
the
rushing
of
great
rivers
with
their
frequent
repetitions
and
their
wild
reverberations?
As
a
thunder
in
the
mountains,
I
should
answer.
A
A
I
should
answer
your
inquiries
straight
away.
In
such
words
as
follow
in
the
veil
of
tawa
center
in
the
green
and
silent
valley
by
the
pleasant
watercourses,
dwelt,
the
singer,
nawada
round
about
the
indian
village,
spread
the
meadows
and
the
cornfields
and
beyond
them
stood
the
forest
stood
the
groves
of
singing
pine
trees
green
in
summer
white
in
winter,
have
a
sighing
ever
singing
and
the
pleasant
watercourses.
A
A
Listen
to
this
indian
legend
to
this
song
of
hiawatha
ye,
whose
hearts
are
fresh
and
simple
who
have
faith
in
god
and
nature
who
believe
that
in
all
ages,
every
human
heart
is
human,
that
in
even
savage
bosoms.
There
are
longings
yearnings
strivings
for
the
good
they
comprehend,
not
that
the
feeble
hands
and
helpless
roping
blindly
in
the
darkness,
touch
god's
right
hand
in
that
darkness
and
are
lifted
up
and
strengthened.