Had to part from existence with vengeance untaken.

So to hoar-headed hero ’tis heavily crushing[1]

To live to see his son as he rideth

Young on the gallows: then measures he chanteth,

A song of sorrow, when his son is hanging

For the raven’s delight, and aged and hoary

He is unable to offer any assistance.

Every morning his offspring’s departure

Is constant recalled: he cares not to wait for

The birth of an heir in his borough-enclosures,