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Quotation from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, Little, flitting, white-fire insect, Little, dancing, white-fire creature, Light me with your little candle, Ere upon my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids!”
The Song of Hiawatha, Canto III, Hiawatha's Childhood (Project Gutenberg #19)
The child Hiawatha sings to the fireflies at dusk.
Citation: "Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, Little, flitting, white-fire insect, Little, dancing, white-fire creature, Light me with your little candle, Ere upon my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids!" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Canto III, Hiawatha's Childhood (Project Gutenberg #19). (id the-song-of-hiawatha-q4)
Portrait: Hiawatha and Minnehaha, Photo: Emiel (Wikimedia Commons); sculpture by Jacob Fjelde, Public domain.
