“Did he not curse me, child?” - “He never cursed,
But could not breathe, and said his heart would burst.”
“And so will mine:” - “Then, father, you must pray:
My uncle said it took his pains away.”
Repeating thus his sorrows, Isaac shows
That he, repenting, feels the debt he owes,
And from this source alone his every comfort flows.
He takes no joy in office, honours, gain;
They make him humble, nay, they give him pain:
“These from my heart,” he cries, “all feeling drove;