Bids the whirl of the tempest to cease?

That stirs the vexed soul with an aching—a yearning

For the brotherly hand-grip of peace?

Whence the music that fills all our being—that thrills

Around us, beneath, and above?”

Sylvie sang more courageously, this time: the words seemed to carry her away, out of herself:—

“’Tis a secret: none knows how it comes, how it goes:

But the name of the secret is Love!”

And clear and strong the chorus rang out:—

“For I think it is Love,