Ran to the covert; the affrighted wolf

Skulk’d through the thicket to a closer brake;

The sluggish bear, awakened in his den,

Roused up and answer’d with a sullen growl,

Low-breathed and long; and at the uproar scared,

The brooding eagle from her nest took wing.

Heroes and Chiefs of old! and ye who bore

Firm to the last your part in that dread strife,

When Julian and Witiza’s viler race

Betray’d their country, hear ye from yon Heaven