As revelation of the highest truth.
Cecilia:
I have at heart no sympathy at all
With outward acts committed by the knights;
I truly serve the creed that nourished thee.
But never could I make myself believe
That men who guide the footsteps of the soul
By such instruction toward so high a goal
Walk not themselves the path that Christ hath trod.
The Spirit’s pupil am I, staunch and true,