It is known by almost no one that Shane (whichever he be) is mentioned by no lesser poet than John ("Big Johnny") Dryden himself:

... Shane alone my perfect image bears,
Mature in dullness from his tender years:
Shane alone, of all my sons, is he
Who stands confirmed in full stupidity.
The rest to some faint meaning make pretence,
But Shane never deviates into sense.
Some beams of wit on other souls may fall,
Strike through, and make a lucid interval;
But Shane's genuine night admits no ray;
His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Besides, his goodly fabric fills the eye,
And seems designed for thoughtless majesty;
Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain,
And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign....