Name/Title
The Legend of Spanish MossEntry/Object ID
1988.01.0313Description
Postcard depicting Spanish moss growing on trees and a poem that reads, ‘The Legend of the Spanish Moss. In days of legendary lore, Perhaps a thousand years or more, In lands where summer suns do shine, In spring and fall and winter time, Lived an Indian Girl of such rare grace, As had ne’er been seen in many a race. The chief of the largest Indian Tribe, Had besought her to become his bride, The morrow was their wedding day, And all the tribes, in their best array, Did celebrate the nuptial ties, Tween Hasse, the brave & Laughing Eyes. But soon a terrible strife arose, ‘Tween Hasse’s tribe & their deadly foes, And though a victory was won, The days of Hasse, the brave, were done, And Laughing Eyes overwhelmed with grief, Died for love of her fallen chief. They buried them both in one lone grave, Laughing Eyes, and Hasse, the brave, The jetty locks of the chieftain’s wife, Her joy and beauty and pride in life, were hung on an oak above the grave To mourn the loss of Hasse, the brave. In coming years, the hair turned grey, And a waving moss is seen today, On every oaken tree it will grow, And when to southern climes you go, The trees neath those fair skies, Will whisper to you of Hasse and Laughing Eyes.'Subject Place
State/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCollection
Postcard CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationPostcard Details
Place Published
City
AshevilleState/Province
North CarolinaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America