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The other!--what of her?--bright shapes beyond

This darkened earth wear looks like those she wore;

Graceful her mien as lilly of the pond

That nods to every wind that passes o'er

Its fragrant head a welcome:--never more

By loveliness so rare will earth be blest;

Softer than ripple breaking on the shore

By moonlight was her voice, and in her breast

Pure thought a dwelling found--the Bird of Love a nest.

An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem · 第 24 / 51 题