Thou and the helpless maiden at thy side.

Declare it; dire indeed must be the tale

Whereat _I_ should recoil. I too was reared,

Like thee, in exile, and in foreign lands

Wrestled with many perils, no man more.

Wherefore no alien in adversity

Shall seek in vain my succor, nor shalt thou;

I know myself a mortal, and my share