“And up on the hills against the sky
A fir tree rocking its lullaby
Swings
Swings
Its emerald wings
Swelling the song that my paddle sings.”
Pauline Johnson was a Mohawk Indian, born on the Six Nations Indian reserve near Brantford, Ontario in 1862. She became one of the best known Canadian authors of her time. She died in 1913.
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