Drew, sobbing in his anguish, near,

The last remaining debt to clear,

And at the bottom of the pyre,

He thus bespake his royal sire:

“O father, hast thou left me so,

Deserted in my friendless woe,

When he to whom the charge was given

To keep me, to the wood is driven?

Her only son is forced away

Who was his helpless mother's stay: