title: Native American Songs and Poems: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions)
author: Brian Swann
description: Grandmother <i>by Sherman Alexie</i><br /> How To Write The Great American Indian Novel <i>by Sherman Alexie</i><br /> Cedar Swamp <i>by Carroll Arnett</i><br /> Anza Borrego <i>by Kimberly M. Blaeser</i><br /> Ride The Turtle's Back <i>by Beth Brant</i><br /> Geese Flying Over A Prison Sweat Lodge <i>by Joseph Bruchac</i><br /> The Owl <i>by Joseph Bruchac</i><br /> This Blessing <i>by Barney Bush</i><br /> Inside Osage <i>by Duane Big Eagle</i><br /> Two Heart Clan <i>by Duane Big Eagle</i><br /> Eagle Poem <i>by Joy Harjo</i><br /> Lines From A Pariah Notebook: 1 <i>by Lance Henson</i><br /> Lines From A Pariah Notebook: 2 <i>by Lance Henson</i><br /> Naming The Animals <i>by Linda Hogan</i><br /> The Origins Of Corn <i>by Linda Hogan</i><br /> In The Cornfield <i>by Rex Lee Jim</i><br /> Sky Woman <i>by Maurice Kenny</i><br /> This Is No Movie Of Noble Savages <i>by Adrian C. Louis</i><br /> Evening Near The Hoko River <i>by Duane Niatum</i><br /> Stones Speak Of The Eartless Sky <i>by Duane Niatum</i><br /> After Lightning <i>by Simon J. Ortiz</i><br /> Skins As Old Testament <i>by Carter Revard</i><br /> What The Eagle Fan Says <i>by Carter Revard</i><br /> Durable Breath <i>by John E. Smelcer</i><br /> Arapaho Ghost Dance Songs <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Bear Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Cradle Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Dance Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Deer Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Delight In Nature <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Havasupai Medicine Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> He-hea Katzina Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Hymn Of The Horse <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> In The Valley <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Luiseno Songs Of The Seasons: 1 <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Luiseno Songs Of The Seasons: 2 <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Luiseno Songs Of The Seasons: 3 <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Old Song Of The Musk Ox People <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Paiute Ghost Dance Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Ptarmigan <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Quail Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> She Will Gather Roses <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Six Dream Songs: 1: You An I Shall Go <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Six Dream Songs: 2: Minnow And Flowers <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Six Dream Songs: 3: Sleep <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Six Dream Songs: 4: Dandelion Puffs <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Six Dream Songs: 5: There Above <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Six Dream Songs: 6: Strange Flowers <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Song For Bringing A Child Into The World <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Song For The Dying <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Song From The Mountain Chant <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Song Of The Earth <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Two Newe Songs: 1 <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Two Newe Songs: 2 <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Utitia'q's Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> Yaqui Song <i>by Anonymous</i><br /> To Those Who Matter <i>by Roberta Hill Whiteman</i><br /> Tradition From Inside <i>by Roberta Hill Whiteman</i><br /> -- <i>Table of Poems from <a href="/exec/obidos/subst/partners/marketing/poemfinder.html/${0}">Poem Finder</a></i>
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  # Many Swans: Sun Myth of the North American Indians
  
  
  ### Amy Lowell
  
  
  
  
  
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  [NOTE. — "Many Swans" is based upon a Kathlamet legend, the main theme and
  many of the episodes of which
  
  
  I have retained, while at the same time augmenting and freely departing from
  it in order to gain a wider symbolism.
  
  
  Four of the songs in my poem are real Indian songs, one is an adaptation, the
  others are merely in the Indian
  
  
  idiom. In the interest of atmospheric truth, I have felt at liberty to make
  occasional use of Indian expressions and
  
  
  turns of thought, and I here wish to record my gratitude to that small body of
  indefatigable workers in that field of
  
  
  Indian folk-lore and tradition whose careful and exact translations of Indian
  texts have made them accessible to
  
  
  those who, 