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

HAYO-WENT-HA's JOURNEYING. 55
Still on :
like rising morning ray
That Chee-mauu lit the parting tide ;
Still toward the sunset land away
On Es-con-aw-baw rolling wide ;
Still on to many a stranger sea 18
:
Wherever most might knowledge loose
Her sacred seal, or glory be
To widen life in Love and Use.
Thence, on the billows rolling large,
By reaches wide of wave and wood,
Returning where by pebbly marge
His chosen People waiting stood,
He, coming to his home and place,
Trod proud the Onondaga shore ;
While rarer shone his Prophet-face
By wisdom's sunlight brightened more.
Again with mighty speech he drew
The dusky tribes, to teach and bless,
Till great the Onondaga grew
Renowned for every nobleness ;
And many a wandering band had heard,
And many a warrior-chieftain came
To hearken to his wiser word ;
Still bearing wide his name and fame.