He is oftener friendly to man,

And ever to beasts and their brood.

For the which did she love him well,

She said, and his pipes of the reed,

His twitched lips puffing to tell

In music his tears and his need,

Against the sharp catch of his hurt.

Not as shepherds of Pan did she speak,

Nor spake as the schools, to divert,

But fondly, perceiving him weak