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

62 THE LEAGUE OF THE IBOQUOIS.
I have heard him Mud-je-kee-wis
When lie came
From the mighty Es-con-aw-baw
Of the plain,
Telling of the brave Dacotah's
Daughters fair ;
And methought does she, the beauteous,
Hayo-went-ha's, wander there ?
Nor less famed is the Ojib-w;iy
Maiden, she
Dwelling by the Gitche Gumee's
Farthest sea.
But 1 mind me, all things distant
Fairer show ;
Lofty Yo-nond's glittering summit
Nearer seen, is only snow.
Though the far-off beauty beckons
Like a star,
Oft we miss the good that might be,
Following far ;
Oft the flower sweet opening for us
Loving eyes,
All unseen, though close beside us,
Fragrance-laden blooms and dies.