It saved a soul from death.
Oh germ! oh fount! oh word of love!
Oh thought at random cast!
Ye were but little at the first,
But mighty at the last!
[12] Strewed, sowed, scattered.
[13] Lea, open land, meadow land.
[14] Bask, repose, recline.
[15] Ranˊ-dom, at hazard; without aim or purpose.
[16] Geˊ-ni-al, sympathetic; adapted to receive it.