Then, dimly seen, came on with Motion slow

That pair whose Hearts he most desired to know.

The Lady’s Accent he remembered well;

The Lover’s Name his Rival’s fears could spell.

He shrank, disordered, to his hiding place;

To be detected was for life disgrace.

The best, the wisest, method he could take

Was, undisguised, a safe retreat to make;

But some mix’d Motives, not defin’d with Ease,

Led [him] behind the Phalanx of the trees.— 20