. The school of the heart : or, The heart of itself gone away from God, brought back again to Him; and instructed by Him. With The learning of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man. . ntented grudging, whinesWhen it is broken of its will, repines At the least suffering, declinesMy fatherly correction, is an heartOn which I care not to bestow mine art. The heart that in my flames asunder itself at random, and so lies In heaps of ashes here and there,^\Tiose dry dispersed parts ^^ill not draw near To one another, and adhereIn a firm union, hath no metal intFit to be stam
. The school of the heart : or, The heart of itself gone away from God, brought back again to Him; and instructed by Him. With The learning of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man. . ntented grudging, whinesWhen it is broken of its will, repines At the least suffering, declinesMy fatherly correction, is an heartOn which I care not to bestow mine art. The heart that in my flames asunder itself at random, and so lies In heaps of ashes here and there,^\Tiose dry dispersed parts ^^ill not draw near To one another, and adhereIn a firm union, hath no metal intFit to be stamped and coined in my mint. The heart that vapours out itself in with these cloudy shadows thinks to cloke Its empty nakedness, how muchSoever thou esteemest it, is such As never will endure my touch. 88 THE SCHOOL OF Before I taket for mine, then I will tryWhat kind of metal in thine heart doth lie. I U bring it to my furnace, and there seeWhat it will prove, what it is like to be. If it be gold, it will be sureThe hottest fire that can be to endure, And I shall draw it out more may refine, but cannot wasteThat heart wherein my love is fixed fast. THE HEART. 89. THE SEARCHING OF TtlE HEART. That which no line can fathom, I alone Can search : To me the human heart is known. THE SOUNDING OF THE HEART. JER. XVn. 9, 10. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperatelymcked ; who can know it? I the Lord. Epig. ^ THAT alone am infinite, can try How deep within itself thine heart doth lie. 90 THE SCHOOL OF Thy seamens plummet can but reach the groundI find that which thine heart itself neer found. ODE xxn. A GOODLY heart to see to, fair and fat! It may be so : and what of that ?Is it not hollow ? Hath it not within A bottomless whirlpool of sin ?Are there not secret creeks and crannies there, Turning and winding comers, whereThe heart itself een from itself may hide, And lurk in secret unespied ?Ill none of it, if such a one it prove :Truth in the
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