I needs must drink the unmingled wine.”
“Soul, if as a virgin pure thou art,
A river of love will fill thy heart.”
“And if in troth it so might be,
The fountain of love is not in me.”
“Rejoice in the blood the martyrs shed.”
“In the path of the martyrs I daily tread,
But I have not found my rest.”
“In the wisdom the Lord’s apostles taught,
Is there peace, O soul, for thee.”