The lost and wayworn traveller from
The busy haunts of world and strife,
Back, where the calm of prayer might prove
The guide-post to Eternal life!
Then was the artisan as one
Whose dearest life-work, here, was done.
Not so, howe'er! 'Twas yet to be
A lifelong task—a path to lead
Through many a land, in futile search
O'er stony ways where feet should bleed.