University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
Ouâbi : or the virtues of nature

an Indian tale in four cantos
Morton, Sarah Wentworth (1759-1846)

collapse section 
[section]
expand section 
OUÂBI:
  
LINES,

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section Ouâbi : or the virtues of nature
next section

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.
previous section Ouâbi : or the virtues of nature
next section