And at its close for long in silence sate;
His visage did a graver cast attain
And all his heart’s deep feelings indicate.
At length he uttered thus the mental train:—
“Weak is my soul, and dark is her estate!
No book has she to tell of Manit high,
Except this outstretched earth and starry sky.
IX.
“Great news Awanux brings the red men here—
News that their legends old doth much excel;