Save thy humility his feet forestall;
The path aspireth while the strength doth wane,
And midway on the road I pant and fall.
Although thy loveliness celestiäl
Be heaven’s thing, yet aye it doth delight
The heart inclined toward stranger of the height;
Wherefore thy sweetness full to comprehend,
I long to have thee stoop, and condescend
As low as I, of the idea content,
If thy disdain severe and prescient