Nor, after that, in towns which walls inclose,

Would trust his hunted life amidst his foes;

But, rough, in open air he chose to lie;

Earth was his couch, his covering was the sky.

On hills unshorn, or in a desert den,

He shunned the dire society of men.

A shepherd's solitary life he led;

His daughter with the milk of mares he fed.

The dugs of bears, and every savage beast,

He drew, and through her lips the liquor pressed.