’Tis done—the murd’rous work complete,
The turbaned hordes acclaim the feat:
Had fallen to a craven shot
The chiefest victim of a plot:
Brave leader! all too brave to date
A warning from Macnaughten’s fate.
His gallant comrades round him strown,
An English youth stands—stands alone.[113]
His gallant comrades round him lie
Dead; it remains for one to die.