Their forest huts to dance in the green glade,

Or pluck the wild flowers on the hillock sheen.

She was beloved by rivals of her tribe,

And for a season smiled alike on both.

The one was bright and joyous as herself;

He loved to bring her flowers—to snare with her

The fish that sparkled in the silvery stream;

To range the wood or shore, and rifle thence

Some delicate feather, or some purple shell,

To please a maiden’s fancy.—But his rival