For he, by his feathers was known

As he, who had murdered their brother

Dame Biddy, beholding his plight,

Determined to show him no quarter,

In action gave vent to her spite;

As motherly tenderness taught her.

She shouted, and blustered; and then

Attacked the poor captive unfriended;

And you, (who have witnessed a hen

In anger,) may guess how it ended.