The barb can drink the blood of enemies;
But the pipe’s conquest is the foeman’s heart;
It gives to us his strength and energies,
And makes the Pequot from our path depart.
This, to the good, gives triumph long and just—
That, to the bad, a victory over dust.
XXXIX.
“If, then, my brother can subdue his foes
By the white pipe, he will be very strong!