Like as the eagle,—when, from airy rest
She wards her callow young with watchful eye,
And sees the thickets move, by footsteps prest
Within the precinct of her nursery,—
Wheels first on outstretched pinions round her nest,
Searching below, then darts into the sky
For far espial,—gathering every sound,—
And soars aloft or sails along the ground;
XXVIII.
So Waban watched and ran, while, moving slow,