Then spake the soul in joyful fear—

“O blessed Herald, so might it be!

For I am faithless, guilty, vile,

In Him alone is there rest for me.

For me is no home beneath the skies,

No summer land, and no resting-place,

But the marvellous pity of His eyes,

And the sweetness of His Face;

And when all around the lights are dim,

The heart that sorroweth turns to Him.”