On the shores of Lake Michegan....
And the evening sun descending
Set the clouds on fire with redness,
Burned the broad sky, like a prairie,
Left upon the level water
One long track and trail of splendour,
Down whose stream, as down a river,
Westward, westward Hiawatha
Sailed into the fiery sunset,
Sailed into the dusk of evening. Henry Wadswoth Longfellow, [1807-1882]
From
"The Song of Hiawatha." [1855],
a favorite of mine as a boy.
Alan