“Run from thy wrongs!”—“Run where?” his fear replied.
“Run!”—said the Tempter; “if but hard thy fare,
Hard is it now—it may be mended there.”
But still, though tempted, he refused to part,
And felt the Mother clinging at his heart.
Nor this alone—he, in that weight of care,
Had help, and bore it as a man should bear. 70
A drop of comfort in his cup was thrown;
It was his treasure, and it was his own.
His Father’s shelves contained a motley store