Fled wild with terror to the shore,

And, deeming that all hope was lost,

Ran to the bridge they erst had crossed.

Some clomb the trees their lives to save,

Some sought the mountain and the cave;

Some hid them in the bosky dell,

And there in deathlike slumber fell.

When Angad saw the chieftains fly

He called them with a mighty cry:

“Once more, O Vánars, charge once more,