Classic Poem

Red Man's Pledge of Peace

I pledge you by the moon and sun,
As long as stars their course shall run,
Long as day shall meet my view,
Peace shall reign between us two.

I pledge you by those peaks of snow
As long as streams to ocean flow,
Long as years their youth renew,
Peace shall reign between us two.

I came from mother soil and cave,
You came from pathless sea and wave,
Strangers fought our battles through,—
Peace shall reign between us two.

I pledge you by the moon and sun,
As long as stars their course shall run,
Long as day shall meet my view,
Peace shall reign between us two.

I pledge you by those peaks of snow
As long as streams to ocean flow,
Long as years their youth renew,
Peace shall reign between us two.

I came from mother soil and cave,
You came from pathless sea and wave,
Strangers fought our battles through,—
Peace shall reign between us two.English