Than Sampson's withy-bands, to bind

This worse than Erymanthian boar,

This fell, fierce foe of humankind;

What use in wasting words? The hand

Of Hercules to cleanse and slay

The monster scourges of the land

Is needful in a newer day.

Malign, inexorable, untamed,

This hoar hyæna of the East

Our skill has scorned, our wisdom shamed.