Would’st thou, in fine, the height of bliss[361]
Attain? I offer[362] ye all this,
And more; come, follow me.”
He ceased,
And like some semi-human beast,
His blood-cast eye the crowd scanned o’er,
Where some, entranced, could hear no more,
But, weak of heart, with outstretched hand,
Forgetting quite their God’s command
Of yester morn, were quickly led