III.

I will endure. I will not strive to peep

Behind the barriers of the days to come,

Nor, adding up the figures of a sum,

Dispose of prayers as men dispose of sleep.

I cannot count the stars, or walk the deep;

But I can pray, and Faith shall not be dumb.

IV.

I take myself and thee as mine estate—

Thee and myself. The world is centred there.