As unto the bow the cord is,
So unto the man is woman,
Though she bends him, she obeys him,
Though she draws him, yet she follows,
Useless each without the other!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Song of Hiawatha

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

The Song of Hiawatha

Language

English

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855, pt. 10.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Song of Hiawatha." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, pt. 10.

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