His full-grown spirit had moved without command + 

Or spur of the will. Before he knew, he found + 

That he was leaping forward spear in hand + 

To where that ashen brute wheeled slowly round + 

Nosing, and set its ears towards the sounds, + 

The pale and heavy brute, rough-ridged behind, + 

And full of eyes, clinking in scaly rind. + 