No cure for him in his strange distress,
No tender nursing and kind caress!
All fled or fought when he came near;
The world seemed mad with rage and fear.
He searched for an unfrequented way;
He would have prayed if a beast could pray.
For he who man had deified
Was now all mercy of man denied;
He who to save man’s life had flown
Now had to fight man for his own.