Whene'er a noble deed is wrought,Those are fortunate in this life who feel the glad surprise of Longfellow. “Hiawatha” is equally universal in its application to modern life. The questions of the Indian boy and the replies of his nurse, the good Nikomis, are not confined to the life of the aborigines. Every spirited boy is a Hiawatha, and in one form or another goes through the same experiences that Longfellow has represented with such consummate art in his American epic-idyl.
Whene'er is spoken a noble thought,
Our hearts in glad surprise
To higher levels rise.
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Barbara Frietchie, and Longfellow's Santa Filomena.
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