His feet have bled: yea, in my need His Heart once bled for mine indeed." THE WORLD. "Sweet, thou art young." "So He was young Who for my sake in silence hung Upon the Cross with Passion wrung." "Look, thou art fair." "He was more fair Than men, Who deigned for me to wear A visage marred beyond compare." "And thou hast riches." "Daily bread: All else is His; Who living, dead, For me lacked where to lay His Head." "And life is sweet." "It was not so To Him, Whose Cup did overflow With mine unutterable woe." THE DEVIL. "Thou drinkest deep." "When Christ would sup He drained the dregs from out my cup : So how should I be lifted up?" "Thou shalt win Glory." "In the skies, Lord Jesus, cover up mine eyes Lest they should look on vanities." "Thou shalt have Knowledge." "Helpless dust! In Thee, O Lord, I put my trust: Answer Thou for me, Wise and Just." L "And Might."— "Get thee behind me. Who hast redeemed and not abhorred My soul, oh keep it by Thy Word." Lord, THE ONE CERTAINTY. sonnet. Vanity of vanities, the Preacher saith, All things are vanity. The eye and ear Cannot be filled with what they see and hear. Like early dew, or like the sudden breath Of wind, or like the grass that withereth, Is man, tossed to and fro by hope and fear : Till all things end in the long dust of death. To-morrow also even as one of them; And there is nothing new under the sun : Until the ancient race of Time be run, The old thorns shall grow out of the old stem, And morning shall be cold and twilight grey. |