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His cedar paddle scented red	A
He thrust down through the lily bed	A
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Cloaked in a golden pause he lay	B
Locked in the arms of the placid bay	B
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Trembled alone his bark canoe	C
As shocks of bursting lilies flew	C
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Thro' the still crystal of the tide	D
And smote the frail boat's birchen side	D
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Or when beside the sedges thin	E
Rose the sharp silver of a fin	E
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Or when a wizard swift and cold	F
A dragon fly beat on in gold	F
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And jewels all the widening rings	G
Of waters singing to his wings	G
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Or like a winged and burning soul	H
Dropped from the gloom an oriole	H
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On the cool wave as to the balm	I
Of the Great Spirit's open palm	I
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The freed soul flies And silence clung	J
To the still hours as tendrilts hung	J
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In darkness carven from the trees	K
Sedge buried to their burly knees	K
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Stillness sat in his lodge of leaves	L
Clung golden shadows to its eaves	L
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And on its cone speced floor like maize	M
Red ripe fell sheaves of knotted rays	M
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The wood a proud and crested brave	N
Bead bright a maiden stood the wave	N
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And he had spoke his soul of love	O
With voice of eagle and of dove	O
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Of loud strong pines his tongue was made	P
His lips soft blossoms in the shade	P
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That kissed her silver lips hers cool	Q
As lilies on his inmost pool	Q
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Till now he stood in triumph's rest	R
His image painted in her breast	R
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One isle 'tween blue and blue did melt	S
A bead of wampum from the belt	S
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Of Manitou a purple rise	T
On the far shore heaved to the skies	T
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His cedar paddle scented red	A
He drew up from the lily bed	A
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All lily locked all lily locked	U
His light bark in the blossoms rocked	U
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Their cool lips round the sharp prow sang	V
Their soft clasp to the frail sides sprang	V
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With breast and lip they wove a bar	W
Stole from her lodge the Evening Star	W
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With golden hand she grasped the mane	X
Of a red cloud on her azure plain	X
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It by the peaked red sunset flew	C
Cool winds from its bright nostrils blew	C
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They swayed the high dark trees and low	Y
Swept the locked lilies to and fro	Y
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With cedar paddle scented red	A
He pushed out from the lily bed	A

Isabella Valancy Crawford

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