“I have the Wisdom that is the best,

He abideth ever with me.”

“The angels in heaven are bright and fair,

For solace, O soul, betake thee there.”

“The joy of the angels is grief to me,

If the Lord of the angels I may not see.”

“In fastings and labours manifold,

Did John in the wilderness toil of old,

And so may peace be thine.”

“To labour and suffer my heart is fain,