Which a poor cat's heart is rending.

V.

Hiddigeigei often has raved with delight,

The true, good, and beautiful seeking;

Hiddigeigei often felt grief's deadly blight,

And with tender sad yearnings was weeping.

Hiddigeigei once has felt his heart glow,

When the fairest of cats he was wooing;

And just as a troubadour's love-songs flow,

Rang nightly his spirited mewing.