text:  Be pitiful O God! "And soon all vision waxeth dull-- Men whisper 'He is dying:' We cry no more 'Be pitiful!'-- We have no strength for crying!-- No strength no need! Then Soul of mine Look up and triumph rather-- Lo! in the depth of God's Divine The Son adjures the Father-- Be pitiful O God!" "The Romance of the Swan's Nest" is written in a different vein