And bade on Rhone break all the bridges down.
Unhappy people, ever held as cheap -- Weighed with the tyrant's want who wears a crown-- As worthless herd of goats or silly sheep!
These in the sea, those in the river drown;
And those with blood the thirsty fallows steep.
The Franks few prisoners made, and many slew;
For ransom in that battle was for few.