Whose home is far away in distant vales,

Behind the mountains, or beyond the lake;

Instinctively they war where'er they meet:

The friendly parley cannot intervene;

The unknown tongue does but create alarm:

With jealous fears, stern looks, and brandish'd arms,

They stand aloof: as birds of distant groves

At the strange note prepare for instant War.

At first they skirmishing dispute the right

Of hunting in the unappropriate waste: