... by the shores of git-zghi gumee
by the shining Big-Sea-Water,
stood the wigwam of Nokomis,
daughter of the moon Nokimis.
Dark behind it rose the forest,
rose the black and gloomy pine trees,
rose the firs with cones upon them.
Bright before it beat the water,
beat the clear and sunny water,
Beat the Shining-Big-Sea-Water..

......from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow