“Unseen, unfelt, their earthly growth,

And, self-accused of sin and sloth,

They live and die; their names decay,

Their fragrance passes quite away;

Like violets in the freezing blast,

No vernal gleam around they cast:

But they shall flourish from the tomb,

The breath of God shall wake them into odorous bloom.”

CHAPTER III.
Domestic Women.

SECTION I.—SUSANNA WESLEY.