life.
It
is
Still
more
selfish
than
before,
what
it
possesses
being
more
delightful.
It
seems
to
be
in
a
new
rest.
It
is
going
along
calmly,
when
all
at
once
it
comes
to
another
descent,
steeper
and
longer
than
the
former
one.
It
is
suddenly
seized
with
a
fresh
surprise;
it
endeavours
to
hold
itself
back,
but
in
vain
;
it
must
fall
;
it
must
dash
on
from
rock
to
rock.
It
is
astonished
to
find
that
it
has
lost
its
love
for
prayer
and
devotion.
It
does
violence
to
itself
by
continuing
in
it.
It
finds
only
death"
at
every
step.
That
which
formerly
revived
it
is
now
the
cause
of
its
death.
Its
peace
has
gone,
and
has
left
a
trouble
and
agitation
stronger
than
ever,
caused
as
much
by
the
passions,
which
revive
(though
against
its
will)
with
the
more
strength
as
they
appeared
the
more
extinct,
as
by
crosses,
which
increase
outwardly,
and
which
it
has
no
strength
to
bear.
It
arms
itself
with
patience;
it
weeps,
groans,
and
is
troubled.
The
Bride
complains
that
her
Beloved
has
forsaken
her;
but
her
complaints
are
unheeded.
Life
has
become
death
to
her.
All
that
is
good
she
finds
difficult,
but
has
an
inclination
towards
evil
which
draws
