Anticipate the office that is mine—
And with his own sword stay the upraised arm,
The endeavor of the wicked, and defend
Him who—again in my default—was there
For visible providence: one less true than thou
To touch, i' the past, less practised in the right,
Approved less far in all docility
To all instruction,—how had such an one
Made scruple "Is this motion a decree?"
It was authentic to the experienced ear