Wah-wah-taysee, Flitting through the dusk of evening, With the twinkle of its candle Lighting up the brakes and bushes, And he sang the song of children, Sang the song Nokomis taught him... Early Childhood Education - Page 144by Lalla H. Pickett, Duralde Boren - 1923 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
| Paolo Mantegazza - Aesthetics - 1892 - 520 pages
...Lighting up the brakes and bushes; And he sang the song of children, Sang the song Nokomis taught him: „Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, Little, flitting,...my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids!" Longfellow. Silent it lay, with a silvery haze upon it, and fire-flies Gleaming and floating awayinmingledandinfinitenu... | |
| Michigan. Legislature - Michigan - 1893 - 1410 pages
...song: "Wah-wah-tayse, little firefly, Little flitting white fire insect, Little dancing white fire creature, Light me with your little candle .". .,...my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids." A boy representing lagoo, takes a bow and a very blunt arrow and giving them to Hiawatha, tells him... | |
| William Henry Maxwell - English language - 1894 - 188 pages
...and bushes, And he sang the song of children, Sang the song Nokomis taught him: " W r ah-wah-taysee, little firefly, Little, flitting, white-fire insect,...upon my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids ! " Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their... | |
| California. State Board of Education - Readers - 1895 - 224 pages
...- wah -tay see, little fire-fly, Little, flitting, white -fire insect, Little, dancing, white -fire creature, Light me with your little candle, Ere upon...my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids!' " When Hiawatha saw the rainbow in the eastern sky, he whispered, " ' What is that, Nokomis?' And the... | |
| Mary Hall Husted - Indian children - 1897 - 148 pages
...Lighting up the brakes and bushes. And he sang the song of children, Sang the song No-ko-mis taught him: "Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, Little, flitting,...my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids!" —By permission of IIoughton, Mifflin <6 Co LESSON ABOUT THE MOON AND RAINBOW. spots IA-WA-THA saw... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Indians of North America - 1897 - 328 pages
...and bushes, And he sang the song of children, Sang the song Nokomis taught him : " Wah-wah-taysce, little fire-fly, Little, flitting, white-fire insect,...upon my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids ! " Saw the moon rise from the water Rippling, rounding from the water, Saw the flecks and shadows... | |
| Lottie E. Jones, S. W. Black - Readers - 1897 - 170 pages
...Heard the lapping of the water, And he sang the song of children, Sang the song Nokomis taught him: "Little, flitting, white-fire insect, Little, dancing,...with your little candle, Ere upon my bed I lay me." Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, How they built their nests in Summer,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1898 - 290 pages
...Lighting up the brakes and bushes, And he sang the song of children, Sang the song Nokomis taught him: no "Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, Little, flitting,...with your little candle, Ere upon my bed I lay me, 115 Ere in sleep I close my eyelids!" Saw the moon rise from the water Rippling, rounding from the... | |
| May R. Atwater - Readers - 1898 - 120 pages
...them. This is the song that he sang : " Wah-wah-tay-see, little fire-fly, Little dancing white fire creature ; Light me with your little candle, Ere upon...my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids." Hiawatha saw the moon rise from the water. There were black spots on it. " What is that, Nokomis,"... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Indians of North America - 1898 - 330 pages
..."Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, Little, flitting, white-fire insect, Little, dancing, white-fire creatures Light me with your little candle, Ere upon my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids !" Saw the moon rise from the water Rippling, rounding from the water, Saw the flecks and shadows on... | |
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