Drive, I beseech Thee, the serpent and the beast out of me.

O Lord, I detest and abhor myself for all these my sins, and for all my abuse of Thine infinite mercy.' From all this, then, you will see that this dead dog of ours with the rope upon his head was no strange sight at Emmanuel's pavilion.

And you and I shall still be in the same saintly succession if we go continually with his words in our mouth, and with his instrument in our hands and on our heads.
4.

'The Prince to whom I went,' said Mr.Desires-awake, 'is such a one for beauty and for glory that whoso sees Him must ever after both love and fear Him.

I, for my part,' he said, 'can do no less; but I know not what the end will be of all these things.' What made Mr.Desires-awake say that last thing was that when he was prostrate in his prayer the Prince turned His head away, as if He was out of humour and out of patience with His petitioner; while, all the time, the overcome Prince was weeping with love and with pity for Desires-awake.