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Ouâbi : or the virtues of nature

an Indian tale in four cantos

Morton, Sarah Wentworth (1759-1846)

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OUÂBI.

Yes! and that great, undaunted mind,
With equal strength and vigor join'd,
Would lead thee with regardless haste
Thro' yon illimitable waste;
But yet thy wounded body spare,
Unfit to meet the toils of war;
Unfit the ambush'd chiefs to find,
To follow swifter than the wind,
Or, if by num'rous foes subdued,
To fly within the tangling wood:
With my Azâkia then remain,
'Till her lov'd warrior comes again.