Bring me my boy—and he will his deliverer know!”

XIII.

It was not long, with eyes and heart of flame,

Ere Henry to his loved Oneyda flew:

“Bless thee, my guide!”—but backward, as he came,

The chief his old bewildered head withdrew,

And grasped his arm, and looked and looked him through.

’Twas strange—nor could the group a smile control—

The long, the doubtful scrutiny to view:—

At last delight o’er all his features stole,