—Who may abide it, e’en for an hour?”
And the soul says:
“The fish in the water cannot drown,
The bird in the air cannot sink down,
Gold in the fire cannot decay,
But shineth fairer and clearer alway.
To all creatures God doth give,
After their own natures to live.
How can I bind my nature’s wings?
I must haste to my God before all things;