Original (English)

WITHIN AND WITHOUT PART I.   Go thou into thy closet; shut thy door;   And pray to Him in secret: He will hear.   But think not thou, by one wild bound, to clear   The numberless ascensions, more and more,   Of starry stairs that must be climbed, before   Thou comest to the Father's likeness near,   And bendest down to kiss the feet so dear   That, step by step, their mounting flights passed o'er.   Be thou content if on thy weary need   There falls a sense of sh