Theodora. Why dwell in lowland shadow? Thou, ere long,

Must drink of grace divine the deathless light.

On, happy soul: for there are hills to climb,

E’en Calvary hill.

Didymus. Art thou not vested yet?

The minutes seethe and rush. Oh, had I time,

I’d tell thee of my pangs: how it has been

From march to march with me; how vehemently

The sluices brake in this tormented heart,

Last night, ten lives ago; how on yon heights