rather
it
must
die
worn
out
by
terrible
fatigue.
Prayer
in
this
degree
is
extremely
painful,
because
the
soul
being
no
longer
able
to
make
use
of
its
own
powers,
of
which
it
seems
to
be
entirely
deprived,
and
God
having
taken
from
it
a
certain
sweet
and
profound
calm
which
supported
it,
is
left
like
those
poor
children
whom
we
see
running
here
and
there
in
search
of
bread,
yet
finding
no
one
to
supply
their
need,
so
that
the
power
of
prayer
seems
to
be
as
entirely
lost
as
if
we
had
never
possessed
it
;
but
with
this
difference,
that
we
feel
the
pain
occasioned
by
the
loss,
because
we
have
proved
its
value
by
its
possession,
while
others
are
not
sensible
of
the
loss,
because
they
have
never
known
its
enjoyment
The
soul,
then,
can
find
no
support
in
the
creature
;
and
if
it
feels
itself
carried
away
by
the
things
of
earth,
it
is
only
by
impetuosity,
and
it
can
find
nothing
to
satisfy
it.
Not
that
it
does
not
seek
to
abandon
itself
to
the
things
in
which
it
formerly
delighted
;
but
alas
!
it
finds
in
them
nothing
but
bitterness,
so
that
it
is
glad
to
leave
them
again,
taking
nothing
back
but
sadness
at
its
own
unfaithfulness.
The
imagination
goes
altogether
astray,
and
is
