Glooscap the great chief, and other stories - ElectricCanadian.com

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INTRODUCTION
kinship of this child of ours with the life of
the ancient forest.
"This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines
and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indis
tinct in the twilight,
Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and pro
phetic,
Stand like harpers hoar, with heards that rest on
their hosoms.
Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neigh
bouring ocean
Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail
of the forest."