I come not hither to assume thy robe

Pontifical, or emulate thy fame;

Or yet to trouble, with the warrior’s club,

Such saints as thou and thy dark demon claim;

For be but peaceful, and I let thee still

Worship thy manit dark, as suits thy will.

XXXVII.

“But here I sit, to prove thee to thy face

A foul impostor, and thy charms a cheat;—

To ope the eyes of a deluded race,