Writings - 1892 Author:John Greenleaf Whittier Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 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-d... more »ove has died on our shore: Mat wonck kunna-monee 16 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 I We see her no more I 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 I 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 I They hear us no more! O mighty Sowanna ! 7 Thy gateways unfold, From thy wigwam of sunset Lift curtains of gold J chapter{Section 4Take 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. BARCLAY OF URY. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland was Barclay of Ury, an old and distinguished soldier, who had fought under Gustavus Adolphus, in Germany. As a Quaker, he became the object of persecution and abuse at the hands of the magistrates and the populace. None bore the indignities of the mob with greater pat...« less