(The angry Scribe of Judgment), There,
Burn it!’
And who can read the pleading of the youth who has chosen the world, and not recognize the amiable young man of to-day, unable to put the cup of pleasure utterly away, but resolving to let
‘the dear remnant pass
One day—some drops of earthly good
Untasted.’
Do you want to know the end of this choice? Browning has told us in words no young man should be ignorant of.”
“Go on, Doctor,” said the Professor. “It will do us all good.”
“God reserves many great sinners for the most awful of all punishments—impunity. We can despise the other life, until we are refused it. This youth got the world he desired. A Voice tells him it is—
‘Flung thee freely as one rose