Which had never quite abated,

That one day the righteous sentence,

Dooming him to stern disgraces,

Should be disannulled, and he

In his first bliss reinstated.

But when mortal pangs surprised him,

By an unseen foe assailèd,

Seth he called, his dearest son,

Called him to his side, and faintly

Him addressed—“My son, thou knowest