O friend! O best of friends! Thy absence more
Than the impending night darkens the landscape o’er!
The next three scenes are exquisite in conception and execution. Prince Henry has found refuge
In the Odenwald.
Some of his tenants unappalled
By fear of death or priestly word—
A holy family that make
Each meal a supper of the Lord—
Have him beneath their watch and ward.
For love of him, and Jesus’ sake!