Down fell the strong-armed hero, high

Tossing his arms, and a sad cry,

“Ah, woe is me, unhappy, slain!”

Burst from his lips again, again,

Afflicted for his father's fate

By grief's intolerable weight,

With every sense amazed and cowed

The splendid hero wailed aloud:

“Ah me, my royal father's bed

Of old a gentle radiance shed,