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Poems
and Essays
by
Joseph Howe
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THE
SONG OF THE MICMAC.
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Oh!
who on the mountain, the plain, or the wave,
With the arm of the Micmac
will dare to contend?
Who can hurl the keen spear with the sons of the
brave
Or who can the bow with
such energy bend?
Who can follow the Moose, or the wild Cariboo, |
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With
a footstep as light and unwearied as he?
Who can bring down the Loon with an arrow so true,
Or paddle his bark o’er
as stormy a sea?
Who can traverse the mountain or swim the broad
lake?
Who can hunger and thirst
with such fortitude bear?
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Or
who can the Beaver as skilfully take?
Or the Salmon so nimbly
transfix with his spear?
And if the wild war whoop ascends on the gale,
Who can with the Micmac
the tomahawk wield?
Oh! when was he known in the combat to quail?
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Whoe’er
saw him fly from the red battle field?
Free sons of the forest, then peal forth the song,
Till each valley and rock
shall of victory tell,
And the ghosts of our heroes, while flitting along
With triumph shall smile
on the spots where they fell. [Page 87]
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