Runs crafty down the wind, and steals away

Forth from his cover, hopeful so t’ elude

The not yet following pack,—if chance the shout

Of eager or unpractised boy betray

His meditated flight, back he retires

To shelter him in the thick wood: so these

Retiring, ply to south, and shun the land

Too perilous to approach: and oft at sea

Secure (or ever nigh the guarded coast

They venture) to the trackless deep they trust