God can in heaven prepare a home for thee to stay.
What ’tis thou tremblest at, a special favour count,
Designed to bring thee safe to Zion’s holy mount.
And now we turn again from morals,—they’ve no end,—
To see how fares it with our lion and his friend.380
They came to where the well was. Here the lion saw
The hare his pace had slackened, backward ’gan to draw.
At this he remonstrated: “What art thou about!
Come forward still. The enemy we must find out.”
The hare replied: “I have no power to move a foot.