All day a derision.
If I said, I'll not mind Him[726] 9
Nor speak in His name,[727]
Then in my heart 'tis a burning fire,
Shut up in my bones.
I am worn away with refraining,
I cannot hold on.[728]
For I hear the whispering of many, 10
Terror all round!
“Denounce, and let us denounce him,”