When I had charged it with the blame;—
I said, “Before my God I’ll fall,”
But sorrow came not at my call.
II
I said, “Ah, soul! the wrath of God
Shall smite the sinner with dismay,
The record of thy sin is kept,
And swiftly nears the reckoning day;”—
Methought I heard God’s thunders roll,
But sorrow came not to my soul.