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Rh One of the early love-songs is found when the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears went forth to woo the Princess of Nuna-Kaha and sang on his arrival at her house as follows:

Then the Princess of Nuna-Kaha, without opening the door, sang from within:

Again she sang in the following fashion: The sun may hide behind the green hills, The night, the jewel-black night will come forth; I will then welcome thee. Smile like the glad morning sun and come;