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Quotation from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows; Useless each without the other!”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (spoken by Hiawatha (to himself))

The Song of Hiawatha, Canto X, Hiawatha's Wooing (Project Gutenberg #19)

Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The opening of the wooing canto, as Hiawatha ponders marrying Minnehaha.

Citation: "As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows; Useless each without the other!" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Canto X, Hiawatha's Wooing (Project Gutenberg #19). (id the-song-of-hiawatha-q5)

Portrait: Hiawatha and Minnehaha, Photo: Emiel (Wikimedia Commons); sculpture by Jacob Fjelde, Public domain.

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