The league of the Iroquois and other legends : from the Indian muse

234 THE LEAGUE OF THE 1BOQUOIS.
It Hayo-went-ha lightly bears,
While brightens more his Prophet-face,
As it the glow effulgent wears
Of Oway-neo's Shining Place.
In beauty made more beautiful
I see, by sorrow sanctified,
In wifely charms surpassing all
Nyah-tah-wanta by
his side.
And there is she,
the little maid,
The darling he had mourned as dead,
In rarer maiden grace arrayed ;
More glad her song, more light her tread ;
In mind, as stature, heightened more,
With love the mother's love requites ;
More deeply learned in forest-lore,
She more the father's heart delights.
And there they dwell joy complete !
Land where no earthly shadows gloam ;
There taste again the rapture sweet
Know all the sacred joys of Home.
Oh ! Home is where or near or far
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Our darlings footsteps light the sod ;
Wherever they, the loved ones, are
In the wide Universe of God.