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O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
The ogress came out after him and finding him terrified and trembling, said to him, 'Why dost thou fear? Quoth he, 'I have an enemy, of whom I am in fear. 'Didst thou not say that thou wast a King's son? asked she, and he answered 'Yes. 'Then,'said she, 'why dost thou not give thine enemy money and so appease him? He replied, 'Indeed he will not be satisfied with money nor with aught but life; and I fear him and am an oppressed man. 'If thou be oppressed as thou sayst, rejoined she, 'ask help of God; surely He will protect thee from thine enemy and from the mischief thou fearest from him. So the prince raised his eyes to heaven and said, 'O Thou that answerest the prayer of the distressed, when they call on Thee, and dispellest evil from them, O my God, succour me against mine enemy and turn him back from me, for Thou indeed canst do whatsoever Thou wilt. When the ogress heard his prayer, she departed from him and he resumed to the King his father and informed him of the Vizier's conduct: whereupon the King sent for the latter and put him to death.
And as he looked on her he deemed her yet fairer than he had done at first. But she stayed her weeping and sobbing and said: "Sir, I fear me that I have lost a dear friend." "How then," said he, "why fearest thou, and knowest not? doth thy friend lie sick between life and death?" "O Sir," she said, "it is the Wood which is the evil and disease." "What wood is that?" said he.
If thou fearest to leave me here, lock the door upon me until such time as it pleases thee to release me." The brother regarded the boy with perplexed looks, and slowly shook his head, as though such an attitude of mind were wholly incomprehensible. But he did not oppose his resolve. It would not do to appear astonished at the idea of keeping vigil.
The good man had been informed of the dangerous state of the widow Vanderdecken, and had risen at daylight to visit and afford her spiritual comfort. "How now, my son," said the priest: "fearest thou not to disturb thy mother's rest? and wouldst thou pilfer and purloin even before she is in her grave?"
Child of God, thou that fearest God, here is mercy nigh thee, mercy enough, everlasting mercy upon thee. This is long-lived mercy. It will live longer than thy sin; it will live longer than temptation; it will live longer than thy sorrows; it will live longer than thy persecutors. It is mercy from everlasting to contrive thy salvation, and mercy to everlasting to resist all thy adversaries.
Child of God, thou that fearest God, here is mercy nigh thee, mercy enough, everlasting mercy upon thee. This is long-lived mercy. It will live longer than thy sin, it will live longer than temptation, it will live longer than thy sorrows, it will live longer than thy persecutors.
"Grieve not, Hall," she answered, "Eric will surely live and he will be glad to find a messmate here to greet him, having left so many yonder," and she pointed to the sea. "I shall not be glad," said Hall, letting his eyes fall. "Why not, Hall? Fearest thou Skallagrim? or hast thou done ill by Eric?" "Ay, lady, I fear Skallagrim, for he swore to slay me, and that kind of promise he ever keeps.
"I should fear naught for his life in battle, but that he is foolhardy, and of too proud a courage. Save for that, he were safe enow." Then said Hagen, "Lady, if thou fearest hurt for him in battle, tell me now by what device I may hinder it, and I will guard him afoot and on horse." She answered, "Thou art my cousin, and I thine.
"Madame, it is easy for you to bind my hair, but for myself, I have no mirror and so dress it awkwardly." Joceliande laughed again merrily at the words. "Dear heart!" she cried. "What man is it? Hast discovered thou art a woman after all? First thou fearest for thy hair, and now thou askest a mirror. But in truth I like thee the better for thy discovery."
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