I too saw that the poem related to the passage from Milton that we talked about in class on Monday. However, I saw that it might have been written (I promise I didn't look anything up, this is just an interpretation!) from the point of view of one of those accused of being a locked-away Christian. In this, the speaker defends himself from perhaps an argument like Milton's, that he should not be considered a true Christian because he does not go out into the world and speak his faith. Throughout the majority of the poem, the speaker acknowledges that he has been made by God and therefore offers himself to God. Then he says, "That, if I chance to hold my peace, These stones to praise thee may not cease." Basically, "Even if I don't say it out loud, I'm still one hundred percent devoted to God." While this isn't an exact rebuttal to Milton's argument, I still saw it as significant similarity.
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