The Song of Hiawatha

Sang the Song of Hiawatha once more on the Gitche Gumee shores. from childhood to adulthood Now that my Hiawatha has grown knowledgeable about all the learning of old men adept at all youthful sports and diversions and knowledgeable about all the crafts and labours of men. Hiawatha was nimble on his feet; he could shoot an arrow from him and move so quickly forward that the arrow dropped behind him. Hiawatha had powerful arms; he could shoot ten arrows upward with such force and quickness that the tenth had already left the bowstring when the first one hit the ground! —Longfellow