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lazy_nataliaThus the youthful Hiawatha
Said within himself and pondered,
Much perplexed by various feelings,
Listless, longing, hoping, fearing,
Dreaming still of Minnehaha,
Of the lovely Laughing Water,
In the land of the Dacotahs.
"Wed a maiden of your people,"
Warning said the old Nokomis;
"Go not eastward, go not westward,
For a stranger, whom we know not!
Like a fire upon the hearth-stone
Is a neighbor's homely daughter,
Like the starlight or the moonlight
Is the handsomest of strangers!"
Thus dissuading spake Nokomis,
And my Hiawatha answered
Only this: "Dear old Nokomis,
Very pleasant is the firelight,
But I like the starlight better,
Better do I like the moonlight!"
Gravely then said old Nokomis:
"Bring not here an idle maiden,
Bring not here a useless woman,
Hands unskilful, feet unwilling;
Bring a wife with nimble fingers,
Heart and hand that move together,
Feet that run on willing errands!"
Smiling answered Hiawatha:
'In the land of the Dacotahs
Lives the Arrow-maker's daughter,
Minnehaha, Laughing Water,
Handsomest of all the women.
I will bring her to your wigwam,
She shall run upon your errands,
Be your starlight, moonlight, firelight,
Be the sunlight of my people!"
Still dissuading said Nokomis:
"Bring not to my lodge a stranger
From the land of the Dacotahs!
Very fierce are the Dacotahs,
Often is there war between us,
There are feuds yet unforgotten,
Wounds that ache and still may open!"
Said within himself and pondered,
Much perplexed by various feelings,
Listless, longing, hoping, fearing,
Dreaming still of Minnehaha,
Of the lovely Laughing Water,
In the land of the Dacotahs.
"Wed a maiden of your people,"
Warning said the old Nokomis;
"Go not eastward, go not westward,
For a stranger, whom we know not!
Like a fire upon the hearth-stone
Is a neighbor's homely daughter,
Like the starlight or the moonlight
Is the handsomest of strangers!"
Thus dissuading spake Nokomis,
And my Hiawatha answered
Only this: "Dear old Nokomis,
Very pleasant is the firelight,
But I like the starlight better,
Better do I like the moonlight!"
Gravely then said old Nokomis:
"Bring not here an idle maiden,
Bring not here a useless woman,
Hands unskilful, feet unwilling;
Bring a wife with nimble fingers,
Heart and hand that move together,
Feet that run on willing errands!"
Smiling answered Hiawatha:
'In the land of the Dacotahs
Lives the Arrow-maker's daughter,
Minnehaha, Laughing Water,
Handsomest of all the women.
I will bring her to your wigwam,
She shall run upon your errands,
Be your starlight, moonlight, firelight,
Be the sunlight of my people!"
Still dissuading said Nokomis:
"Bring not to my lodge a stranger
From the land of the Dacotahs!
Very fierce are the Dacotahs,
Often is there war between us,
There are feuds yet unforgotten,
Wounds that ache and still may open!"
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Date: 2002-07-17 11:08 pm (UTC)или здесь какая-то подковырка?
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Date: 2002-07-17 11:15 pm (UTC)Там еще и не такое есть.
ндддаааа..
и не лень было?
если да, то ты заслуживаешь премии за героизьм...:)
Re: ндддаааа..
Кстати, особенно рекомендую главы XII и XVII
Re: ндддаааа..
Date: 2002-07-18 12:37 am (UTC)ужо имел удовольствие ознакомиться с этим эротическим триллером Самого-Нудного-Поэта-Америки :)
правда, я уже, конечно, не помню что там в этих главах...
тебе, кстати, не нужно почти антикварное издание Лонгфелло 19 века аж с золотым обрезом? а то у меня есть, а я этого кекса с его долгими и монотонно-задумчивыми опусами очень не люблю...
хотя...иной раз можно почитать...как средство от бессонницы :))
а насчёт лопаты...таки я же ж не такой шлимазл, чтоб подозревать Вас, Эммочка, в том, шо Ви вдруг решите - о зохен вей! мне даже подумать об этом страшно - махать лопатой...просто дурачусь :) мог
Re: ндддаааа..
Date: 2002-07-18 12:47 am (UTC)и сами вы зануда, доктор.
Сейчас найду там милый пасажик, который очень вас развеселит - наверняка ведь в свое время пропустили, бьюсь об что угодно!
только
Date: 2002-07-18 03:20 am (UTC)не могу не подивиться Вашему, Эмма, таланту выискивать в кучах мусора, вроде Лонгфеллы, такие удивительные перлы ослепительного идиотизма? :)
больше у Вас ничего нет? меня, правда, веселит