Had volunteered upon the side of grace:
There was his master ready once a week
To give advice; what further need he seek?
“Amen, so be it:” - what had he to do
With more than this? - ’twas insolent and new;
And some determined on a way to see
How frail he was, that so it might not be.
First they essay’d to tempt our saint to sin,
By points of doctrine argued at an inn;
Where he might warmly reason, deeply drink,