THE BIRCH TREE 



Hiawatha birch canoe wrapper rustled 

 breeze patience 



Said Hiawatha : 



" Give me of your bark, Birch Tree 

 Of your yellow bark, Birch Tree, 

 I a light canoe will build me, 

 That shall float upon the river 

 Like a yellow leaf in Autumn, 

 Like a yellow water lily ! 



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