Yes! then he wept, and to his mind there came
Much of his conduct, and he felt the shame, -
How he had oft the good old man reviled,
And never paid the duty of a child;
How, when the father in his Bible read,
He in contempt and anger left the shed:
“It is the word of life,” the parent cried;
- “This is the life itself,” the boy replied.
And while old Peter in amazement stood,
Gave the hot spirits to his boiling blood: -