“This shows, they raised their bulwarks high and proud,
And poised their big guns at our distant home.
This, when at Sowams[18] raged our battle loud,
How their round thunders made that battle dumb.
This, the fire-water how they have bestowed,
And with its madness have our youth o’ercome.
This, how amid the Pequot nation they
Build the square lodge, and whet him to the fray.
[18] See [note to stanza XXXIII.]
XLIX.