. Blood for blood; a legend of the "big elm tree,". 8 BLOOD FOR BLOOD A BALLAD OF THE BIG ELM TREE Red was the sun in autumn, And the sumacs berries were red; The sky had a trace of gray low down,With a blend of blue overhead. The goldenrod was flowerless,The alders leaves were gone, And the crown of the oak and the mapleWere turning yellow and brown. From caverns came the west-wind, Where slept her fairy clan,And over the strings of natures harp Her nimble fingers ran. She played, and the nervous aspenLaughed, while the beech tree slept, And the tulip tree and the walnutIn purple and russet w
. Blood for blood; a legend of the "big elm tree,". 8 BLOOD FOR BLOOD A BALLAD OF THE BIG ELM TREE Red was the sun in autumn, And the sumacs berries were red; The sky had a trace of gray low down,With a blend of blue overhead. The goldenrod was flowerless,The alders leaves were gone, And the crown of the oak and the mapleWere turning yellow and brown. From caverns came the west-wind, Where slept her fairy clan,And over the strings of natures harp Her nimble fingers ran. She played, and the nervous aspenLaughed, while the beech tree slept, And the tulip tree and the walnutIn purple and russet wept. It was a mournful music—A dirge for falling leaves— A solace for saddened hearts that boreThe burden of garnered sheaves. 9. 10 Such was the mellow season From mountain range to the sea, When Arrow-Head, Elk and Eagle-Eye satUnder the Biff Elm Tree. it> Sad and sullen they sat, Dreamers at noon of day—They looked intently at the earth, But neither a word did say. From noon till night they sat Under the Big Elm Tree,Then Arrow-Head, chief of the Delawares, Stood up, and thus spake he: Brothers, this day weve passed In sorrow for the dead;Blood for blood was the olden law That turned our fathers red. Swift as the fallow deerI vow to speed away,Nor heed the elk nor the buffalo,Till I the pale-face slay. He knit his brow in wrath— He scowled on earth and sky,And the hot revenge that warmed his blood Shot fire from his eye. ii
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