Where long and deeply hath been fixed the root In the blest soil of gospel truth, the Tree, (Blighted or scathed tho' many branches be, Put forth to wither, many a hopeful shoot) Can never cease to bear celestial fruit. 5 Witness the Church that oft-times, with effect Dear to the saints, strives earnestly to eject[136] Her bane, her vital energies recruit. Lamenting, do not hopelessly repine When such good work is doomed to be undone,[137] 10 The conquests lost that were so hardly won:-- All promises vouchsafed by Heaven will shine[138] In light confirmed while years their course shall run, Confirmed alike in[139] progress and decline. FOOTNOTES: [136] 1845. Blighted and scathed tho' many branches be, Can never cease to bear and ripen fruit Worthy of Heaven. This law is absolute. Behold the Church that often with effect Dear to the Saints doth labouring to eject C. [137] 1845. {The Church not seldom surely with effect} {Dear to the Saints doth labour to eject} Her bane, her vital energy recruit. So Providence ordains and why repine If this good work is doomed to be undone, C. [138] 1845. Trust that the promises vouchsafed will shine C. [139] 1845. ... thro' ... C. XI TRANSUBSTANTIATION Enough! for see, with dim association The tapers burn; the odorous incense feeds A greedy flame; the pompous mass proceeds; The Priest bestows the appointed consecration; And, while the HOST is raised, its elevation 5 An awe and supernatural horror breeds; And all the people bow their heads, like reeds To a soft breeze, in lowly adoration. This Valdo brooks[140] not.[141] On the banks of Rhone He taught, till persecution chased him thence, 10 To adore the Invisible, and Him alone. Nor are[142] his Followers loth to seek defence, 'Mid woods and wilds, on Nature's craggy throne, From rites that trample upon soul and sense. FOOTNOTES: [140] 1837. ... brook'd ... 1822. [141] Peter Waldo (or Valdo), a rich merchant of Lyons (1160 or 1170), becoming religious, dedicated himself to poverty and almsgiving. Disciples gathered round him; and they were called the poor men of Lyons--a modest, frugal, and industrious order. They were reformers before the Reformation. Peter Waldo exposed the corruption of the clergy, had the four gospels translated for the people, and maintained the rights of the laity to read them to the masses. He was condemned by the Lateran Council in 1179.--ED. [142] 1837. ... were ... 1822. XII THE VAUDOIS Published 1835