So shalt thou see thyself pure, free from soil of pelf.
Within thy heart thou’lt see the wisdom of the saints,
Without a book, a teacher, or professor’s plaints.—
Thyself * * purge of self. Abstraction thou shalt gain.—
Both love and soul are occult, hidden and concealed.—
A lover’s whole life is but self-sacrifice;
He wins not a heart, save his own heart’s the price.—
When love for God is lighted in the human heart,
It fiercely burns; it suffers not effects’ dull smart;
—— love is love’s own sign, giv’n from the highest sphere.—