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 XXV.

"When thus Cawtantowit had finished all, No more did he on eagle's pinions roam, There did he limits to his works install,  And centre there his everlasting home; There did he cast the eagle and recall  His pristine shape, and manit-man become; There still he dwells, the all-pervading soul Of men and manittoos—yea, of creation's whole.

XXVI.

"All that is good does from Cawtantowit flow; All that is evil Chepian doth supply; Praying for good we to Cawtantowit bow,  And shunning evil we to Chepian cry; To other manittoos we offerings owe,  Dwell they in mountain, flood, or lofty sky; And oft they aid us when we hunting go, Or in fierce battle rush upon the foe.

XXVII.

"And manittoos, that never death shall fear, Do likewise in this mortal form abide; What else, my brother, is there beating here?  What heaves this breast—what rolls its crimson tide? Whilst, like Cawtantowit, doth the soul appear  To live through all and over all preside; And when her mortal mansion here decays, She to Sowaniu's blessed island strays,

XXVIII.

"There aye to joy; if, whilst she dwelt with men, She wisely counseled and did bravely fight, Or watchful caught the beavers in the glen,  Or nimbly followed far the moose's flight;