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The Path on the Rainbow, edited by George W. Cronyn, [1918], at sacred-texts.com


p. 129

SONGS FROM CALIFORNIA

SONGS OF SPIRITS

WINTU

I

LIGHTNING

I bear the sucker-torch to the western tree-ridge.
Behold me! first born and greatest.

II

OLELBIS (THE CREATOR)

    I am great above.
    I tan the black cloud.

III

HAU (RED FOX)

On the stone ridge east I go.
On the white road I, Hau, crouching go.
I, Hau, whistle on the road of stars.

IV

POLAR STAR

The circuit of earth which you see,
The scattering of stars in the sky which you see,
All that is the place for my hair.


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