The rock, though he forego his Promised Land

Thereby, have Satan claim his carcass, and

Figure as Metaphysic Poet ... ah,

Mark ye the dim first oozings? Meribah!

Then, quaffing at the fount my courage gained,

Recall—not that I prompt ye—who explained ...

"Presumptuous!" interrupts one. You, not I

'T is, brother, marvel at and magnify

Let the poet take his own part, then,

Such office: "office," quotha? can we get