No sad suspicion of a lurking ill,

No shamed confession of a needful sin;

Mistrust her not, although of earth she too:

Look up! the bright-eyed cherubs overhead

Strew from mid air fresh flowers to crown the just

Look! thy own father’s servants these, and thine,

Who at his bidding and at thine are here.

In thine own word was it not said long since

Butter and honey shall he eat, and learn

The evil to refuse and choose the good?