Her woman’s impulses might lead her to,
You would judge all with Christian charity,
Tis not impossible that she would say,
“Sir, I make no mistakes; I have no faults;
I thank you, but I need no charity!”
Well, what of that? I would that there were more
Of us, who, bidden to confess our sins,
Could say Job’s litany: “May God forbid
That you be justified! my righteousness
Will I hold fast and will not let it go;