XIV.
The truly pious are most sensitive
To the delights of dear domestic love;
It is religion’s high prerogative,
The tend’rest feelings of the heart to move
To delicate sensations, far above
The gross, impure affections, cherish’d oft
In earthly love. A double tie is wove
For those whose hearts together soar aloft;
’Tis God who makes the heart pure, delicate, and soft.