(There's much of it still adhering),
And we knew by the distant and random growl
That the foe was sullenly sneering.
Oh, little we reck of the name that's fled
(That Lowe's a most impudent monkey);
For "Empreth" sounds sweetly when lispingly said
By the lips of some courtly flunkey.
'Twas fondly imagined a title of might,
Renowned in an ancient story;