He hath dragged him clear from rope and fetter.

They might have thought; for they know full well

They could keep a half-caged panther better.

Few are the knots so strategy-shunning

That they can escape his maniac cunning;

Many a stout bolt strives in vain

To bar his brawny shoulders' strain;

The strongest men in town agree

That the Pauper is good for any three.

He hath crossed the fields, the woods, the street: