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GOTTLIEB. / It is decided! For many days, / And nights as many, we have had / A nameless terror in our breast, / Making us timid, and afraid / Of God, and his mysterious ways! / We have been sorrowful and sad; / Much have we suffered, much have prayed / That He would lead us as is best, / And show us what his will required. / It is decided; and we give / Our child, O Prince, that you may live!
URSULA. / It is of God. He has inspired / This purpose in her: and through pain, / Out of a world of sin and woe, / He takes her to Himself again. / The mother's heart resists no longer; / With the Angel of the Lord in vain / It wrestled, for he was the stronger.