How swift he flies bearing the sun to the morning.

See how he sits down in the trails of the eastern sky!

Whip-poor-will, Whip-poor-will, no more I follow thee!

When the night comes again, wilt thou say, “Follow me”?

THE PLANTING SONG (Osage)

I have made a footprint, a sacred one.

I have made a footprint; through it the blades push upward.

I have made a footprint; through it the blades radiate.