[BRYCE] A RARE FIND IN THE CANADIAN ARCHIVES 11 
Sakia’s agitation still continues. She is sure that Ulamar’s op- 
ponent in the battle was his father. She stares as in a trance, starts 
convulsively and utters dark sayings to which Ulamar has no key. He 
is alarmed and exclaims: 
“May Heaven long preserve my mother!” 
Someone is approaching who must not see her in this disorder. 
He leads her out and returns. It is Beaufort that enters. In the 
succeeding interview he and Ulamar agree that the disposal of Irene’s 
hand shall not affect their friendship, Beaufort saying: 
“Let him that wins Irene not be blest by halves 
Let him not lose his friend 
Seeing Irene approaching, Beaufort retires. Irene is surprised 
at his seeming to avoid Ulamar and herself. She comments also on the 
sadness of his look. Ulamar thinks Beaufort is thrice blest because 
Irene is concerned for him. He now makes a declaration of love to 
Irene although he does not hope that she will show him any preference. 
In his love affair alone Ulamar is humble; in other respects he is confi- 
dent and self-assertive. He thus addresses Irene: 
“ 
Tis not that angel’s face, nor angel’s form, 
That form surpassing all your lovely sex. 
Tis not that winning pomp of outward grace 
Which upon you as on its queen attends, 
But ’tis your mind that captivates my soul. 
But while you captivate the gazing world 
You still remain serene as if that Heaven 
Designed you not to love but be adored. 
Smiling you kill and know not that you strike 
And we with pleasure die.” 
Irene tells Ulamar that he is mistaken in thinking that she is so 
cold, as she does love someone. Ulamar wishes to know if it is Beaufort 
to whom she has given her heart, as if so he is willing to die rather than 
stand in the way of his friend’s happiness. Irene answers thus by de- 
scribing the one she loves: 
“?Tis not my lover’s form ensnares my heart, 
Though his our Angian maidens all adore, 
But when I saw a youth in his first bloom 
Lead our brave Iroquois with more success 
Than our most ancient and experienced warriors, 
Perform such wonders for his country’s safety 
And for the liberties of human kind 
