All that without disgrace might be
Asked by a manly King,
“Were thine at once; but this exchange
Of shafts without the heads,
With ruthless scorn tears all the garb
Of kindness into shreds.
“Hadst thou not known, thou coward prince,
That Fingal is not by,
Thou hadst not dared to speak such words,—
Less loud would be thy cry.”