Replied the Youth; “but has it power to force?
Unless it forces, call it as you will,
It is but wish, and proneness to the ill.”
“Art thou not tempted?” - “Do I fall?” said Shore.
“The pure have fallen.” - “Then are pure no more.
While reason guides me, I shall walk aright,
Nor need a steadier hand, or stronger light;
Nor this in dread of awful threats, design’d
For the weak spirit and the grov’ling mind;
But that, engaged by thoughts and views sublime,