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Man of forests and savannas! 

 On the Mississippi's tide, 

 Leanest thou thy hunting-rifle 

 Oft the Indian spear beside ; 



With the forest's tawny chieftains 

 Thou the friendly pipe dost light — 

 Seest the wandering pigeon's journey 

 And the eagle's silent flight. 



With thy shot thou lam'st his pinion ; 

 And the trackless region through, 

 On the mighty river's mirror 

 Pliest thou thy swift canoe. 



O'er the green and grassy prairie 

 Boldly flies thy fiery steed; 

 Deer and forest-fruits the manna 

 God has given thee in thy need ! 



Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810-1876), well known German 

 lyric poet and apostle of democracy, was more than once 

 forced to flee his native land on account of his political senti- 

 ments; he went to England seven years after Audubon had 

 finally settled in America, and that country became his refuge 

 for over twenty years ; his translations from the English in- 

 cluded Longfellow's poem of "Hiawatha." 



171. (Anon.) : 



"Mort de Jean Jacques Audubon, celebre natu- 

 raliste americain," illust., L' Illustration, Paris, vol. 

 xvii, No. 416, February 28, 1851, p. 128. 



172. (Anon.): 



"John James Audubon," Harper's New Monthly 

 Magazine, vol. ii, pp. 561-563 (March). New York, 

 1851. 



