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BISHOP HUBERT.
Soon that child on ocean's brimOpes its eyes, and turns to Him!Well does Hubert read its look,Glance of innocent rebuke!
While a voice is heard to say,"If the pool, thus scoop'd in play,Cannot hold yon mighty sea,Vain must thy researches be.
"Canst thou hope to make thine ownSecrets known to God alone?Can thy faculties confinedFathom the Eternal Mind?"
Bishop Hubert turns away;—He has learnt enough to-day—Learnt how little man can knowOn his pilgrimage below.
Reader, wouldst thou wiser be,Let this truth suffice for thee;Seek not what is sought in vain—Knowledge by Obedience gain!
Be presumption's sin abhorr'd—For the secrets of The Lord,If reveal'd to mortals here,Dwell with those who love!—and fear!
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