Whispered, saying, “They are famished;

Let them do what best delights them;

Let them eat, for they are famished.”

Many a daylight dawned and darkened,

Many a night shook off the daylight

As the pine shakes off the snow-flakes

From the midnight of its branches;

Day by day the guests unmoving

Sat there silent in the wigwam;

But by night, in storm or starlight,