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‘What must I do,’ I said, ‘my soul to free?’ -
‘Do nothing, man; it will be done for thee.’
‘But must I not, my reverend guide, believe?’ -
‘If thou art call’d, thou wilt the faith receive.’
‘But I repent not.’ - Angry he replied,
‘If thou art call’d, though needest nought beside:
Attend on us, and if ’tis Heaven’s decree,
The call will come, - if not, ah! woe for thee.’
“There then I waited, ever on the watch,