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,