Peopled the desart mountain? Still his Sire

Was slow of answer, and, in words obscure,

Varied the conversation. Still the mind

Of Henry ponder’d; for, in their lone hut,

A daily journal would Saint Hubert make

Of his long banishment: and sometimes speak

Of Friends forsaken, Kindred, massacred;—

Proud mansions, rich domains, and joyous scenes

For ever faded,—lost!

One winter time,