Are they who Virtue love and prize in vain; 10
Griev’d by the Life they yet resolve to lead,
Bound by the Ill, yet panting to be freed—
To them the Ways of Sacred Truth are known,
Yet they proceed and suffer in their Own.
Onward they go, still sighing to retrieve
Their Steps, and longing for the Good they leave.
[BELIEF AND UNBELIEF.]
(March 7) [1813?]
“Dost thou believe,” the Saviour said;