MUSAGETES
Among this witches’ revelry
His way one gladly loses;
And, truly, it would easier be
Than to command the Muses.
CI-DEVANT GENIUS OF THE AGE
The proper folks one’s talents laud:
Come on, and none shall pass us!
The Blocksberg has a summit broad,
Like Germany’s Parnassus.
INQUISITIVE TRAVELLER
Say, who’s the stiff and pompous man?
He walks with haughty paces:
He snuffles all he snuffle can:
“He scents the Jesuits’ traces.”
CRANE
Both clear and muddy streams, for me
Are good to fish and sport in:
And thus the pious man you see
With even devils consorting.
WORLDLING
Yes, for the pious, I suspect,
All instruments are fitting;
And on the Blocksberg they erect
Full many a place of meeting.