So shall thou stand without reproach, mailed in all the dignity of virtue.


OF GOOD IN THINGS EVIL.

I heard the man of sin reproaching the goodness of Jehovah,

Wherefore, if He be Almighty Love, permitteth He misery and pain?

I saw the child of hope vexed in the labyrinth of doubt,

Wherefore, O holy One and just, is the horn of Thy foul foe so high exalted?