I know not, dare not think!’—He said, and he withdrew.”— }
“But, Ellis, tell me, didst thou thus desire
To heap upon their heads those coals of fire?”—
“If fire to melt, that feeling is confest,— 880
If fire to shame, I let that question rest;
But if aught more the sacred words imply,
I know it not—no commentator I.”—
“Then did you freely from your soul forgive?”—
“Sure as I hope before my Judge to live,
Sure as I trust his mercy to receive,