And circles round the Crucified, has seized,

And scorched, and shrivelled it; and now it lies

Passive and still before the awful Throne.

O happy, suffering soul! for it is safe,

Consumed, yet quickened, by the glance of God.

Soul

Take me away, and in the lowest deep[33]

There let me be,

And there in hope the lone night-watches keep,

Told out for me.