A heavy foot approached his humble door,
And some one, opening, instant entrance prest:
A well-known elder was he, strict and sour,—
Strong in a church ensphered in civil power.
VIII.
“I come,” he said in accents hard and stern,
“The Governor’s and Council’s word to bear:
They are convened, and hear, with deep concern,
That thou abusest their indulgence fair;
Ay, with resentment and abhorrence learn