The red-browed Indian crept
Close round his pale-faced neighbor’s home,
And listened while they slept;
But fierce Wingina, lofty chief,
Aloof, their movements eyed,
Nor courteous bowed his pluméd head,
Nor checked his haughty stride.
John White leaped from his vessel’s prow,
He had braved the boisterous sea,
And boldly rode the mountain-wave—