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<center><big>ANACAONA</big></center><br>

A dark Indian <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Taino]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> maiden, <br>
:Warbling in the bloom'd liana, <br>
Stepping lightly flower-laden, <br>
:By the crimson-eyed anana, <br>
Wantoning in orange groves <br>
:Naked, and dark-limb'd, and gay, 
Bathing in the slumbrous coves, 
:In the cocoa-shadow'd coves, 
Of sunbright Xaraguay, 
:Who was so happy as [[Anacaona]], 
The beauty of [[Espagnola]], 
:The golden flower of [[Hayti]] ? 


In the purple island, 
:Crown'd with garlands of cinchona, 
Lady over wood and highland, 
:The Indian queen, Anacaona. 
Dancing on Uic blossomy plain 
:To a woodland melody : 
Playing with the scarlet crane, 
:The dragon-fly and scarlet crane, 
Beneath the papao tree ! 
:Happy, happy was [[Anacaona]], 
The beauty of [[Espagnola]], 
:The golden flower of [[Hayti]]! 


Naked, without fear, moving 
:To her Areyto's mellow ditty, 
Waving a palm branch, wondering, loving, 
:Carolling "Happy, happy Hayti !" 
She gave the white men welcome all, 
:With her damsels by the bay; 
For they were fair-faced and tall, 
:They were more fair-faced and tall, 
Than the men of Xaraguay, 
:And they smiled on Anacaona, 
The beauty of Espagnola, 
:The golden flower of Hayti ! 


Following her wild carol 
:She led them down the pleasant places, 
For they were kingly in apparel, 
:Loftily stepping with fair faces. 
But never more upon the shore 
:Dancing at the break of day, 
In the deep wood no more, —• 
:By the deep sea no more, — 
No more in Xaraguay 
:Wander'd happy Anacaona, 
The beauty of [[Espagnola]], 
:The golden flower of [[Hayti]] !

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==Source==
* Tennyson, Alfred. edited by Tennyson, Hallam. (1916). New York: The Macmillan Company [http://books.google.com/books?id=VtU8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=The+Works+of+Tennyson]. (p. XXI f.)

==See also==
* [[Bohechio]] - Cacique and brother of Anacaona.
* [[Nicolas de Ovando]] - The Spanish governor that had Anacaona killed.


==External Links==
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Tennyson,_1st_Baron_Tennyson Alfred Tennyson]

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