Would rather shun than seek the fellowship
Of kindred mould.—Such haply here are laid?"
"Yes," said the Priest, "the Genius of our hills—
Who seems, by these stupendous barriers cast
Round his domain, desirous not alone
To keep his own, but also to exclude
All other progeny—doth sometimes lure,
Even by his[547] studied depth of privacy,
The unhappy alien hoping to obtain
Concealment, or seduced by wish to find,