Take thou thy form, whate’er that form may be!

Mous. But stay—

Thou hast a serving man—a crumpled wretch—

One-eyed and lame—but passing honest—say

That I am such a twisted thing as he?

What then?

Hil. (tenderly). Oh, Spirit of the Well, fear not,

My love is not a thing of yesterday;

Nor does it spring from thought of face and form.

I love thee for thy boundless charity,