We both have witnessed, lot which I myself
Shared, though in mild and merciful degree:
Yet was the[831] mind to hinderances exposed,
Through which I[832] struggled, not without distress
And sometimes injury, like a lamb[833] enthralled
'Mid thorns and brambles; or a bird that breaks
Through a strong net, and mounts upon the wind,
Though with her plumes impaired. If they, whose souls
Should open while they range the richer fields
Of merry England, are obstructed less,