Locked to the spoiler yet; thy shafts are bright.
Faint not: Heaven’s Keys are more than sceptred might,
Their Guardians more than King or Sire, to thee.’
‘Weakness of Nature.
‘“Be strong, and He shall comfort thine heart.”
‘Lord, I have fasted, I have prayed,
And sackcloth has my girdle been;
To purge my soul I have essayed
With hunger blank and vigil keen.
O God of mercy! why am I