She staked her Feathers－Gained an Arc－1
Debated－Rose again－
This time－beyond the estimate
Of Envy, or of Men－
And now, among Circumference－5
Her steady Boat be seen－
At home－among the Billows－As
The Bough where she was born－
Debated－Rose again－
This time－beyond the estimate
Of Envy, or of Men－
And now, among Circumference－5
Her steady Boat be seen－
At home－among the Billows－As
The Bough where she was born－
(F.853/J.798)
[1] Feathers:: paddles. Arc:: a hint on Joan of Arc.
[4] Envy, of Men:: a praise of her.
[6, 8] Boat, Bough:: a canoe.
[7] At home:: to handle easily.
[8] Bough, born:: a hint on an Indian woman who is good at canoe, most likely Dew-of-June in Cooper's novel The Pathfinder.
Dew-of-June was quick of comprehension; and with half a dozen noiseless strokes of the paddles, her canoe was concealed in the bushes of Station Island. ─ The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper (1840)
"You do not expect me, dear father, to play Joan of Arc, and to lead the men to battle?" said Mabel, the heroine in Cooper's novel The Pathfinder.
"June remains, and lives with me," eagerly interrupted our heroine. "So I comprehend it. If anybody can bring her back from her grief, and make her wish to live, you can do it, Mabel; though I've misgivings about even your success. ─ The Pathfinder