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