The deadly viper’s poisonous juice
Infus’d must have great share in;
Or else some hag, with midnight wish,
Procur’d it as a special dish
Of Satan’s own preparing.
This was the charm Medea taught
Her dear advent’rous Argonaut,
To steal the Golden Fleece with;
Down bulls and dragons gaping throat
A quid he threw, which, quick as thought,