Thence, repossest with the desire to rove, He, through the land, did man and beast pursue;
And scowering, in his phrensy, wood and grove, Took sometimes goat or doe of dappled hue:
Often with bear and with wild boar he strove, And with his naked hand the brutes o'erthrew;
And gorging oftentimes the savage fare, Swallowed the prey with all its skin and hair.
