My hatchet, too—its service I require

To clip my fuel desert wilds among;

With these I go to found, in forests drear,

A State where none shall persecution fear.”

XXXI.

“What! goest thou, Roger, in this chilling storm?

Wait! wait at least until its rage is o’er;

Its wrath will bar e’en persecution’s arm

From thee and me until it fails to roar.

Oh, what protecting hand from lurking harm