Category: Poetry
THE SONG OF RAHÉRO: A LEGEND OF TAHITI— DEDICATION: TO ORI A ORI 1 I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA 3 II. THE VENGING OF TÁMATÉA 20 III. RAHÉRO 40 NOTES TO THE SONG OF RAHÉRO 55 THE FEAST OF FAMINE: MARQUESAN MANNERS— I. THE PRIEST’S VIGIL 61 II. THE LOVERS 67 III. THE FEAST 75 IV. T...
Thrice rose the sun to noon; and ever, like one of the dead, The priest lay still in his house with the roar of the sea in his head; There was never a foot on the floor, there w...
1. Chapter 1THE SONG OF RAHÉRO: A LEGEND OF TAHITI— DEDICATION: TO ORI A ORI 1 I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA 3 II. THE VENGING OF TÁMATÉA 20 III. RAHÉRO 40 NOTES TO THE SONG OF RAHÉRO 55 THE FE...
2. Chapter 2And now was the day of the feast. The forests, as morning came, Tossed in the wind, and the peaks quaked in the blaze of the day And the cocoanuts showered on the ground, reboun...
4. Chapter 4{69} Note 5, page 69. “_The sacred cabin of palm_.” Which, however, no woman could approach. I do not know where women were tattooed; probably in the common house, or in the bus...