Chapter VIII: TOLONGA. Duet

My daughter, let me press thee
Close to my yearning heart,
Ah! once more softly bless thee
Ere we for ever part!
I adjure thee not to falter
In the trial now so nigh,
But, as victim on the altar,
A Sachem's daughter die.

MINAHITA.

Father, courage will be given
In that awful hour supreme,
When all earth's ties are riven,
And I float down death's dark stream.

_Both Voices._

Yes, courage not to falter
In the trial now so nigh,
But, as victim on the altar,
A Sachem's daughter die.