I have no power, no matter how I strive,
To form a clear thought-image from the words
Of Benedictus, though his earnest speech,
Should now direct me to the spirit’s path.
(Resuming his reading.)
‘In silence sound the depths of thine own soul,
And ever let strong courage be thy guide.
Thy former ways of thinking cast away
What time thou dost withdraw into thyself;
For only when thine own light is put out