INTKODUCTIOX. 



Thi-ougli the green lanes of the coiintiy. 

 Where the Clematis and brier 

 Intertwine their arms in wedlock, 

 Pause to drink a draught of pleasure, 

 Far apart from all that's worldly ; 

 You I ask to read this Poem, 

 Read this short and simple Poem ; 

 Ponder o'er its peaceful teaching ; 

 Read, and then, if thus it please you. 

 Take the lines that I have stolen, 

 The sweet Hnes that I have stolen, 

 From the song of ' Hiawatha,' 

 And return them, and restore them, 

 To their great and gifted author. 



