Wednesday, March 01, 2006

An Excerpt from the Song of Hiawatha by Longfellow

The Song of Hiawatha
by Henry W. Longfellow
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"Face to face we speak together,
But we cannot speak when absent,
Cannot send our voices from us
To the friends that dwell afar off;
Cannot send a secret message,
But the bearer learns our secret,
May pervert it, may betray it,
May reveal it unto others."
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Thus said Hiawatha,
walkingIn the solitary forest
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This excerpt arose out of a
memory I had, of when I read
the Song of Hiawatha
many many years ago and
long before I learnt the meaning
of a friend or of love or of eternity...
I wish you all the best my friend

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