The Song of Hiawatha

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sank the pike in great confusion,

And the mighty sturgeon, Nahma,

Said to Ugudwash, the sun-fish,

To the bream, with scales of crimson,

“Take the bait of this great boaster,

Break the line of Hiawatha!”

Slowly upward, wavering, gleaming,

Rose the Ugudwash, the sun-fish,

Seized the line of Hiawatha,

Swung with all his weight upon it,