And for the bearer of the pipe ne’er woke
The storm of vengeance;—list ye to his talk;
He brings no message from the tomahawk.”
XVIII.
As thus he spake, the sullen murmurs died,
And, hushed and listening, all the warriors stood;
Again he moved—and at his onward stride
The deep mass parted like a severing flood;
And, yielding either way, the living tide