Narrative Poems, part 2, Bridal of Pennacook | Page 7

bead-wrought blanket trailing o'er the water--

He knew them all--woe for the Sachem's daughter!
Sick and aweary of her lonely life,
Heedless of peril, the still faithful
wife
Had left her mother's grave, her father's door,
To seek the
wigwam of her chief once more.
Down the white rapids like a sear leaf whirled,
On the sharp rocks

and piled-up ices hurled,
Empty and broken, circled the canoe
In
the vexed pool below--but where was Weetamoo.
VIII. SONG OF INDIAN WOMEN.
The Dark eye has left us,

The Spring-bird has flown;
On the pathway of spirits
She wanders
alone.
The song of the wood-dove has died on our shore
Mat wonck
kunna-monee![6] We hear it no more!
O dark water Spirit
We cast on thy wave
These furs which may
never
Hang over her grave;
Bear down to the lost one the robes that
she wore
Mat wonck kunna-monee! We see her no more!
Of the strange land she walks in
No Powah has told:
It may burn
with the sunshine,
Or freeze with the cold.
Let us give to our lost
one the robes that she wore:
Mat wonck kunna-monee! We see her no
more!
The path she is treading
Shall soon be our own;
Each gliding in
shadow
Unseen and alone!
In vain shall we call on the souls gone
before:
Mat wonck kunna-monee! They hear us no more!
O mighty Sowanna![7]
Thy gateways unfold,
From thy wigwam of
sunset
Lift curtains of gold!
Take home the poor Spirit whose journey is o'er
Mat wonck
kunna-monee! We see her no more!
So sang the Children of the Leaves beside
The broad, dark river's
coldly flowing tide;
Now low, now harsh, with sob-like pause and
swell,
On the high wind their voices rose and fell.
Nature's wild
music,--sounds of wind-swept trees,
The scream of birds, the wailing
of the breeze,
The roar of waters, steady, deep, and strong,--

Mingled and murmured in that farewell song.
1844.

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