I told him I had vow’d to pass my days
A servant of the Lord, yet that my heart,
Hearing the message of thy love, was drawn
With powerful yearnings back. Follow thy heart, ...
It answers to the call of duty here,
He said, nor canst thou better serve the Lord
Than at thy father’s side.
Count Julian’s brow,
While thus she spake, insensibly relax’d.
A Priest, cried he, and thus with even hand