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Title: 1642-1892. Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ... to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Converse, Parker Lindall, 1822-1899
Subjects: Legends
Publisher: Woburn, Mass., Printed for subscribers only
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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Scene in First Burying Ground, Park Street. The Smile of Manitou. A LEGEND OF LAKE INNITOU, WOBURN. APOSTROPHE.I stand and gaze. Reflected blue,Oh Innitou,From Heaven above illumes thy wave.Thou art dear to me, and I novi^ for thee.Above all, admiration do crave. On thy fair breast, amid the hue,Oh Innitou, Of thine own waves, an island gemLies cradled in the shade of mountains gray with age, Fit jewels for thy diadem. The Looking-Glass of Manitou,Oh Innitou, Thou wert, when dark skinned Indian daughtersOer thy mirrored face, bent with savage grace. To admire their charms in thy waters. Een as I stand, and gaze on you.Oh Innitou, Will all to come, admire to view.Thou sungilt liquid gem; thou favorite haunt of men. Eternal gift from Manitou. PROLOGUE.Through the dim vista of departed years.Oer Times long misty track, traditions oldHave come from sire to son, repeated oftAt Indian camps, through lack of other means
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63 of transit, like our modern print or pen To make a record, keep the tales alive, Stories of the past; of the early days When our fair city was a wilderness, Where hordes of prowling panthers, bears and wolves, Sought prey ; and where the Red Man roamed the wood With weapons rude, to fight these savage beasts For food, for mastery, and to fish in The still waters. When Innitou herself Lay flashing bright, in all her pristine charms. Surrounded by the same eternal hills, That now, like vassals tall of some great queen. Stand waiting, guarding her lovely presence. The Legend comes, to tell how Manitou Did Wabisi create. An island gem Set in the bosom of s^veet Innitou, Herself the Looking-Glass of Manitou, The Looking Place of squaws and modern belles, Itself, the beauty that adorns her face ; And how it happened, thus the story runs. ^N times now long past, and buried inthe tomb of the ages, I^ake Innitou(Horn Pond) was a clear, unbrokensheet of water from Town Corner toPierces Cove.

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