"A most full quietness of strange delight Suspended all my powers, I seem'd as tho' "Diffused into the scene." "At length a light "Approach'd the spring; I saw my Uncle Claude; "His grey locks dripping with the midnight storm "He came, and caught me in his arms, and cried My God! my child is safe !” "I felt his words "Pierce in my heart; my soul was overcharged, "I fell upon his neck and told him all ; "GOD was within me, as I felt, I spake, "And he believed. Understanding in my opinion discourses not; and although it be not lost, yet it works not as I was saying, but remains as it were amazed to consider how much it understands." Life of St. Teresa written by herself. Teresa was well acquainted with the feelings of enthusiasm. 1 had, however, described the sensations of the Maid of Orleans before I had met with the life of the Saint. "Shall soon believe my mission; for the Lord "Will raise up indignation and pour out "His wrath, and they shall perish who † oppress. Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath, and let them perish who oppress the people!" Ecclesiasticus 36. |