‘Good-will to man,’ was first proclaim’d in song.”
“Good-will,” I said, “but follows will for good.”
“And will for good will come,” she answer’d back.
“As in the older advent, so to-day,
Would I believe in power behind sweet song
To hold the universe in harmony,
Expelling evil and impelling good
Through all the limits of created life,—
A spirit’s power!—What though we mortals here
With eyes material cannot see the hosts