That reformation asks a world of pains,
And, after all, must leave a thousand stains;
And, worst of all, we must the work begin 350
By first attacking the prevailing sin!—
These thoughts the feeble mind of John assail,
And o’er his reason and his fears prevail;
They fill his mind with hopes of gifts and grace, }
Faith, feelings!—something that supplies the place }
Of true conversion—this will he embrace; }
For John perceives that he was scarcely tried