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

248 SONG OF WINONA.
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Gush-ke-wau ! the darkness !
Part the gloom !
Unk-ta-he, low make Winona's
Billowy tomb !
Ne-ba-naw-baigs take Winona's
Spirit home !
Gitche Manito, pity me !
pity me !
Lo ! I come !"
A shriek ! was that the scream of bird ?
Was it Key-oshk's the wing I saw ?
The Ne-ba-naw-baigs, waking heard
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The cry, and answered. Win-o-na !"
A shriek that startled all the plain,
And mournful as a dying swan ;
A shriek a plash ;
and Night again
Sat weeping o'er a glory gone.
And still
along the rocky walls,
The listening night-wind hushed in awe,
The Ko-ko-ko-ho nightly calls :
"Lost Win-o-na ! lost Win-o-na !"
And far the answering caves along,
The Loon from many a lone bayou,
Shrieks sorrowing in her midnight song :
" Win-o-na 0! Win-o-na !!"