“Who truly strives?” they asked.—Then one replied,
“The man who owns no other goal, beside
The throne of God, and till he there arrives
Allows himself no rest, he truly strives.”
II.
Honour each thing for that it once may be,
In bud the rose, in egg the chicken see:
Bright butterfly behold in hideous worm,
And trust that man enfolds an angel form.
III.