“Whence all this terror and surprise, Distracted looks and streaming eyes? Far from the world and its affairs, The joy it boasts, the pain it shares, Surrender, without guile or art, To God an undivided heart; The savage form, so feared before, Shall scare your trembling soul no more; For, loathsome as the sight may be, 'Tis but the love of self you see. Fix all your love on God alone, Choose but his will, and hate your own: No fear shall in your path be found, The dreary waste shall bloom around, And you, through all your happy days, Shall bless his name, and sing his praise.” |