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Intro 1
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Verse 1
By the shining Big- Sea- Water,
At the doorway of the wigwam,
In the early Summer morning,
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All the air was full of freshness,
All the earth was bright and joyous,
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through the sunshine,
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neighboring forest
Passed in golden swarms the
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Ahmo,
Passed the bees, the honey- makers,
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Burning, singing in the sunshine.
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Level spread the lake before him;
From its bosom leaped the sturgeon,
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Stood reflected in the water,
Every tree- top had its shadow,
Motionless beneath the water.
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Gone was every trace of sorrow,
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As the fog from off the water,
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As the mist from off the meadow.
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With a look of exultation,
As of one who in a vision
Sees what is to be, but is not,
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Toward the sun his hands were lifted,
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Both the palms spread out toward it,
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And between the parted fingers
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Flecked with light his naked
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shoulders,
As it falls and flecks an oak- tree
Through the rifted leaves and branches.
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Something in the hazy distance,
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Something in the
mists of morning,
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Loomed and lifted from the water,
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now seemed flying,
Coming nearer, nearer, nearer.
Was it Shingebis the diver?
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Or the pel ican, the Shada?
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Or the white goose, Waw- be- wana,
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With the water dripping, flashing,
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From its glossy neck
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and feathers?
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Neither pelican nor heron,
O'er the water floating, flying,
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Through the shining mist of morning,
Rising, sinking on the water,
Dripping, flashing in the sunshine;
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And within it came a
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O'er the level plain of water?
Or the Red Swan floating, flying,
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Filling all the air
with splendor,
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Filling all the air with plumage?
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Yes; it is the sun descending,
Sinking down into the water;
All the sky is stained with purple,
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No; it is the Red Swan floating,
Diving down beneath the water;
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To the sky its wings are lifted,
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are reddened!
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Over it the Star of Evening
Melts and trembles through the purple,
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Hangs suspended in the twilight,
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Walks in silence through the heavens.
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