To lure, to fright, to soothe, to awe the soul,

And listening locks to lead and to control!

But now discoursing, as they linger’d near,

They tempted John (whom they accused) to hear

Their weighty charge - “And can the lost one feel,

As in the time of duty, love, and zeal;

When all were summon’d at the rising sun,

And he was ready with his friends to run;

When he, partaking with a chosen few,

Felt the great change, sensation rich and new?