The writings of Robert C. Sands :: :: University of Virginia Library

The writings of Robert C. Sands

in prose and verse with a memoir of the author

Sands, Robert Charles (1799-1832)

VOL. I.

VOL. II.

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XXVI.

“Behold the sacrifice!
A harmless infant dies,
To whet thine anger's edge!
A Christian woman's pledge,
Begot by Indian sire,
Ascends thy midnight pyre.
For thy friendship, for our wrongs,
To thee the child belongs.”