Reynard has settled down into that latitude,

Pilgrim, perhaps, but certainly a Trader.

Does he not show a certain change of attitude,

Suggestive rather less of the Crusader,

Eager to earn the black-skinned bondsman's gratitude,

Than of the Bagman with his sample-box?

Ah, Master Fox!

Somehow the scallop seems to slip aside,

And that brave banner, which, with honest pride

You waved, like some commercial Quixote—verily