This Mother of the Convent, Nun I know—

They practise in that second stage of things;

They boast no fresh distillery of faith;

'T is dogma in the bottle, bright and old,

They bring; and I pretend to pharmacy.

They undertake the cure with all my heart!

He trusts them, and they surely trust themselves.

I ask no better. Never mind the cause,

Fons et origo of the malady:

Apply the drug with courage! Here 's our case.