XIX.
“Hæc satis est orare Jovem quæ donat et aufert;
Det vitam, det opes; æquam mi animam ipse parabo
.”
Hor. Ep. i. 18.
Alas, what, God give days to live
And soul-debasing wealth;
But hath the best no power to give—
The immortal spirit's health!
Then thou thyself art more than God,
Wrapt in thy Stoic's fur,
And independent of His rod
Thine Heaven within prefer!
“When I perceived that I could not obtain her, except God
gave her me; and that was a point of wisdom to know whose
gift she was; I prayed unto the Lord, Give me wisdom.”
Wisd. viii. ix.
Oh, no—our best life is to know
In Him we live and move;
We lose ourselves in Him below,
Our very life is love.
To know our weakness is our strength,
Our wealth our want to feel,
Our peace of soul that He at length
This inward want reveal.