And John at length, poor John! held forth his own.— }
“A tedious case—the battle ceased with day,
And in the night the foe had slipp’d away.
Of many wounded were a part convey’d
To land, and he among the number laid. 650
Poor, suffering, friendless—who shall now impart
Life to his hope, or comfort to his heart?
A kind good priest among the English there
Selected him as his peculiar care;
And, when recover’d, to a powerful friend