QUOTATION FROM I.OXOFELLOW. 



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Then, upon one knee uprising, 

 Hiawatha aimed an arrow ; 

 Scarce a twig moved with his motion, 

 Scarce a leaf was stirred or rustled, 

 But the wary roebuck started, 

 Stamped with all his hoofs together, 

 Listened with one foot uplifted, 

 Leaped as if to meet the arrow ; 

 Ah ! the singing, fatal arrow. 

 Like a wasp it buzzed and stung him "j 



