I have heard
That on this ground he even can meet God,
And stand before Him, interchanging thought
As with an equal.
Once on Mount Moriah
The very meekest, gentlest of them all,
Stood thus with God until he kindled so,
His visage was all burning, unconsumed.
And once, upon the Mount of Calvary,
'Twas said the Son of God Himself came down
For love of man, and suffered many things,
Even the pang called death.
SNOWDON.
Strange ! that a race with such capacities
Should sink so low ! 'Tis true the mountain's height
Doth make the valley's depth ; but never yet
Was known a mountain that refused to rise ;
That, ass-like, supine, did resist the good,
And plant itself dead level.
But these men
They use not even this, their power of love ;
