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The writings of Robert C. Sands

in prose and verse with a memoir of the author
Sands, Robert Charles (1799-1832)

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VOL. I.
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YAMOYDEN,
  
ADVERTISEMENT.
  
PROEM.
  
INTRODUCTION.
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CANTO FIRST.
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CANTO SECOND.
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CANTO THIRD.
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CANTO FOURTH.
  
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I. TO THE MANITTO OF DREAMS.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI. THE PROPHECY.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII.
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XIV.
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XV.
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XVI.
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XVII. SONG OF THE POW-WAHS.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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XX.
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XXI.
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XXII.
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XXIII.
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XXIV.
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XXV.
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XXVI.
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XXVII.
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XXVIII. SONG OF THE PRIESTESS.
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XXIX.
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XXX.
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XXXI.
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CANTO FIFTH.
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CANTO SIXTH.
  
CONCLUSION.
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VOL. II.

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XVII.
SONG OF THE POW-WAHS.

“Beyond the hills the Spirit sleeps,

The Sun was often worshipped as the visible God. In the most solemn sacrifices, the fire was sometimes kindled from his heat.—Carver, La Hontan, vol. second. The Hurons are said to have confounded Areskoui with the Sun.—Charlevoix. When the Sun has set, they say he is dead.—Carver, Charlevoix, III. 219. Adair, 76.


His watch the power of evil keeps;
The Spirit of fire has sought his bed,
The Sun, the hateful Sun is dead.
Profound and clear is the sounding wave,
In the chambers of the Wakon-cave;

See a note in Canto First, and on the “Wakon-Bird,” in the notes to Canto Second.


Darkness its ancient portal keeps;
And there the Spirit sleeps,—he sleeps.
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