When he no more shall in that presence stand;
And he resolves with mingled grief and pride, 50
To serve no being in the world beside.
“He has enough,” he says, with many a sigh,
“For him to serve his God, and learn to die:
He and his lady shall have heard their call,
And the new folk, the strangers, may have all.”
But, leaving these to their accustom’d way,
The Seat itself demands a short delay.
We all have interest there—the trees that grow }