Or skill and prowess in the arduous fight,

Preserv'd alive: ... fainting he looks around;

Fearing pursuit, nor caring to pursue.

The supplicating voice of bitterest moans,

Contortions of excruciating pain,

The shriek of torture and the groan of death,

Surround him; and as Night her mantle spreads,

To veil the horrors of the mourning Field,

With cautious step shaping his devious way,

He seeks a covert where to hide and rest: