Lastly vouchsafe t'observe his hand,
Fill'd with a snake-incircled wand;
By classic authors term'd caducis,
And highly fam'd for several uses.
To wit — most wond'rously endu'd,
No poppy-water half so good;
For let folks only get a touch,
Its soporisic virtue's such,
Tho' ne'er so much awake before,
That quickly they begin to snore.
Add too, what certain writers tell,
With this he drives men's souls to hell.