‘Rise up, rise up, thou Dives, and take again thy gold, ‘And thy women and thy housen as they were to thee of old. ‘It may be grace hath found thee ‘In the furnace where We bound thee, ‘And that thou shalt bring the peace My Son foretold.’ Then merrily rose Dives and leaped from out his fire, And walked abroad with diligence to do the Lord’s desire; And anon the battles ceased, And the captives were released, And Earth had rest from Goshen to Gadire. The Word came down to Satan that raged and roared alone, ’Mid the shouting of the peoples by the cannon overthrown (But the Prophets, Saints, and Seers Set each other by the ears, For each would claim the marvel as his own): ‘Rise up, rise up, thou Satan, upon the Earth to go, ‘And prove the peace of Dives if it be good or no: ‘For all that he hath planned ‘We deliver to thy hand, ‘As thy skill shall serve to break it or bring low.’ Then mightily rose Satan, and about the Earth he hied, And breathed on Kings in idleness and Princes drunk with pride; But for all the wrong he breathed There was never sword unsheathed, And the fires he lighted flickered out and died. Then terribly rose Satan, and he darkened Earth afar, Till he came on cunning Dives where the money-changers are; And he saw men pledge their gear For the gold that buys the spear, And the helmet and the habergeon of war. Yea to Dives came the Persian and the Syrian and the Mede-- And their hearts were nothing altered, nor their cunning nor their greed-- And they pledged their flocks and farms For the king-compelling arms, And Dives lent according to their need. Then Satan said to Dives:--’Return again with me, ‘Who hast broken His Commandment in the day He set thee free, ‘Who grindest for thy greed, ‘Man’s belly-pinch and need; ‘And the blood of Man to filthy usury!’ Then softly answered Dives where the money-changers sit:-- ‘My refuge is Our Master, O My Master in the Pit; ‘But behold all Earth is laid ‘In the peace which I have made, ‘And behold I wait on thee to trouble it!’ Then angrily turned Satan, and about the Seas he fled, To shake the new-sown peoples with insult, doubt, and dread; But for all the sleight he used There was never squadron loosed, And the brands he flung flew dying and fell dead. Yet to Dives came Atlantis and the Captains of the West-- And their hates were nothing weakened nor their anger nor unrest-- And they pawned their utmost trade For the dry, decreeing blade; And Dives lent and took of them their best. Then Satan said to Dives:--’Declare thou by The Name, ‘The secret of thy subtlety that turneth mine to shame. ‘It is known through all the Hells ‘How my peoples mocked my spells, ‘And my faithless Kings denied me ere I came.’