“Haydn stop!—dare not!” I cried;—

“And I have pray’d to God so much, so much,

To make you more submissive.”

“I submit

To God,” he said; “but with my love to God,

How can I yield the godliest thing I own?”

And there he sat, so firm and yet so kind,

I could not help but sigh, “You make me doubt.”

“Would God,” he said, “I could do that for you!

Then might you have true faith. Where springs from will