LXXVI + 

Heathenism + 

’Mid Balak’s magic fires + 

The Spirit spake, clear as in Israel; + 

With prayers untrue and covetous desires + 

Did God vouchsafe to dwell; + 

Who summon’d dreams, His earlier word to bring + 

To patient Job’s vex’d friends, and Gerar’s guileless king. + 

If such o’erflowing grace + 

From Aaron’s vest e’en on the Sibyl ran, + 

Why should we fear, the Son now lacks His place + 

Where roams unchristen’d man? + 

As though, where faith is keen, He cannot make + 

Bread of the very stones, or thirst with ashes slake. + 