What time the many, that unruly beast,

Roars its rough joy and shares the final feast:

Then heed my counsel, shut thine ears and eyes;

A few will hear me—for the few are wise."

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Not Satan's friends, nor Satan's self could bear

The cautious man who took of souls such care:

An interloper—one who, out of place,

Had volunteer'd upon the side of grace.

There was his master ready once a week