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Bright opening path to love and home farewell! And thou—now leave me with my God alone!

Gomez. Dost thou reject Heaven's mercy?

Edith.Heaven's! doth Heaven Woo the free spirit for dishonour'd breath To sell its birthright? doth Heaven set a price On the clear jewel of unsullied faith, And the bright calm of conscience? Priest, away! God hath been with me 'midst the holiness Of England's mountains—not in sport alone I trod their heath-flowers—but high thoughts rose up From the broad shadow of the enduring rocks, And wander'd with me into solemn glens, Where my soul felt the beauty of His word. I have heard voices of immortal truth, Blent with the everlasting torrent-sounds That make the deep hills tremble.—Shall I quail? Shall England's daughter sink?—No! He who there Spoke to my heart in silence and in storm, Will not forsake his child!