Great-hearted child, thy very being br The Son br , br Who know'st the hearts of all us prodigals;- br For who is prodigal but he who has gone br Far from the true to heart it with the false?- br Who, who but thou, that, from the animals', br Know'st all the hearts, up to the Father's own, br Can tell what it would be to be alone! br br Alone! No father!-At the very thought br Thou, the eternal light, wast once aghast; br A death in death for thee it almost wrought! br But thou didst haste, about to breathe thy last, br And call'dst out br Father br ere thy spirit passed, br Exhausted in fulfilling not any vow, br But doing his will who greater is than thou.