The Indian: a Poem: In Six CantosLackington, Allen and Company, 1806 - 91 pages |
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Page 29
... curlews sung the plaintive wail . 185 Pois'd on their ships the Indians hold their feet , While from each bow they eye the amber deep . A twelve - foot spear invented by the tribe , Each Indian handles with a conscious pride : From ...
... curlews sung the plaintive wail . 185 Pois'd on their ships the Indians hold their feet , While from each bow they eye the amber deep . A twelve - foot spear invented by the tribe , Each Indian handles with a conscious pride : From ...
Page 62
... curlews , plovers , & c .; and on his return to the tent he meets Susan in the woods with a bundle of birch - bark , which she afterwards makes up into torches ; and by her great skill in fishing she procures a large supply of salmon ...
... curlews , plovers , & c .; and on his return to the tent he meets Susan in the woods with a bundle of birch - bark , which she afterwards makes up into torches ; and by her great skill in fishing she procures a large supply of salmon ...
Page 65
... , Where putrid steams the potent heats obey . The plover's note first strikes his list'ning ear , 45 Then plaintive more the curlew's wail could hear ; F With fowler's step he treads the swampy ground , And THE INDIAN . 65.
... , Where putrid steams the potent heats obey . The plover's note first strikes his list'ning ear , 45 Then plaintive more the curlew's wail could hear ; F With fowler's step he treads the swampy ground , And THE INDIAN . 65.
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