There are no foes or persecutors there,
To drive the guiltless forth, and bid them roam
In savage wilds; yet do not quite despair;
When comes the foe,—and come he doubtless will,
Brother! we must be firm—if needful, we must kill!”
XXXI.
“Waban is firm,” the hunter said, and smote
His naked breast, and raised his stature high;
“Yet hear the red man still;—not far remote
Is Waban’s rock, where he is wont to lie