Again is played the Comedy Divine,

And gloomily the awful form of him

Whose mind such Titan offspring bore, attends

The movement of each scene. The cowl and robe,

Close at his side, betray that zealous monk

Whose life was Imitation of the Christ.

Amid the still increasing throng, behold

Sage Izaak Walton, creel and rod in hand;

But while I gaze upon his visage mild,

Expectant half to hear his counsel how