...ed afresh with muscle: then returns, Defiant of the hind, and victor now Leads wheresoever he will his lowing bands: Thus Magnus, yielding to a stronger foe, Gave up Italia, and sought in flight Brundusium 's sheltering battlements. Here of old Fled Cretan settlers when the dusky sail Spread the false message of the hero dead; Here, where Hesperia, curving as a bow, Draws back her coast, a little ...