Transfix'd, hath drawn thy father's fate!

O how will Hengist weep to see

The woes that on his line await!

To see my Offa's latest pangs,

As wild in death he bites the shore!

A savage wolf, with bloody fangs,

The lamb's unspotted bosom tore!

Who never knew to give offence,

But to revenge his father's wrong!—

Some abler arm convey him hence,