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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WARRIOR CHIEF, by PHEBE JEWELL NICHOLS
First Line: Straight, rigid, bronze, he sat his horse
Last Line: And moving the feather in his hair.
Subject(s): Native Americans; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America
First Line: Straight, rigid, bronze, he sat his horse
Last Line: And moving the feather in his hair.
Subject(s): Native Americans; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America
Straight, rigid, bronze, he sat his horse,
Atop the highest eminence
Of all the Great Lakes' rocky heights
Where signal fires one time burned,
This aging proud Algonquin chief,
His graying hair in tight stiff braids,
His single painted feather high
Attached to the fur headpiece he wore,
A bear-claw necklace on his chest,
His buckskin leggings fringed and white,
His rifle gleaming on his arm;
The winds from misty distances
Against him beating up and hard,
Stirring all the ancient ash
From those brave fires long since dead, --
And moving the feather in his hair.
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