(Satan taunting Anthony in the desert)

 

Coward! betrayer! defecter! recreant!

Shriveller from all entitling thee male

Nose the oestrus! rise to the invitation!

Strut the proud stag, the pawing stallion.

Shoulder the onus! bend to the obligation!

Stock-still, stony-faced malingerer, move!

 

 

(Under the searing sun a vemonous viper

Side-winds across the ripples of the dunes)