Phantasmagoria, and other poems

htest ear for rhythm, could compose, for hours together, in the easy running metre of ‘The Song of Hiawatha.’ Having, then, distinctly stated that I challenge

shoulde

camera of

ding, foldi

t it all

se it lay

to nearly

ened out

lled the join

d all squares

omplicat

cond Book

rched upon

neath its d

hand, enforc

otionless,

ful was th

family

him for the

rn, as he

d his own

nious su

Governor,

ted velve

out a mas

corner o

wood dini

d a scroll o

rmly in hi

ep his righ

eon) in his

ntemplate t

k of pensi

that die i

roic was

cture fail

ause he mov

use he coul

etter half

ave her pic

ssed beyond

jewels an

rgeous for

she sat dow

mper scar

n her han

rger than

le that she

dy chattered

nkey in t

g still?” sh

e enough i

ld the bou

me into th

ture failed

n, the Stun

ed curves

vading all

ye might fo

ntered in th

the golden

rnt it all

‘The Stones

ps of Arch

ters,’ and s

ps he had

his autho

ever was

itless, as

an utte

m the elde

ested ve

if he wou

ok of ‘pass

of pass

nting of t

ping of th

that went

ner of the

when she

tice of th

if he hadn

pointedly

his peculi

said it ‘did

and changed

is was he

ure failed

n the oth

oungest son

and thick h

and red h

ty was h

gety his

verbearin

names he di

ohnny, ‘Dadd

cky, ‘Scrubby

ful was th

rison th

one’s bewil

artially

y my H

l the trib

not the righ

py chance w

st obtain

faces all

ut a perfec

oined and a

inedly a

st and ugl

ossibly have

such strange

pid, pert e

y one wou

hat did no

st unpleas

seemed t

hink it not

er rang th

d, discord

that howl

that wail

awatha’s

ness and h

ably had

ft that h

he leave t

calm deli

nse deli

tographi

ft them i

in a mig

t he would

n emphati

e before he

he packed

the port

row all

he took

he train re

Hiawatha.