Did we not suffer from him, who now stark dead lies!”
Quoth he: “Most venerable Sirs! God’s grace did all.
What could a hare accomplish without Him at call?
He strength of purpose gave me,—light from heaven above.
That light it was that nerved me in my every move.485
God granteth crowning grace, to further cause of truth,
’Tis God also who sends vicissitudes on earth.
He, ’tis, alternately, who parties makes prevail.
Now mere opinionists, now men of light avail.
If then, in turn, thou now thyself find uppermost,