But nowhere found the child!

“Hell-hound! by thee my child’s devoured!”

The frantic father cried;

And to the hilt the vengeful sword

He plunged in Gelert’s side!

His suppliant, as to earth he fell,

No pity could impart;

But still his Gelert’s dying yell

Pass’d heavy o’er his heart.

Aroused by Gelert’s dying yell,