IV.

Vaults o’er the thickets, and down yonder glen

His antlers vanish; on yon shaggy height

Sits the lone wolf, half-peering from his den,

And howls regardless of the morning light;

Unwonted sounds and a strange denizen

Vex his repose; soon, cowering with affright,

He shrinks away, for with a crackling sound,

Yon hemlock bows and thunders to the ground.

V.