[Wednesdays and Fridays were kept as fasts in the primitive Church:
because on the one our Lord was betrayed, on the other crucified. See
Mant and Wheatley.]
_"Thy Spirit, Independence," &c._--Could you, or any of your readers,
inform me where are the following lines?--
"Thy spirit, Independence, let me share,
Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye!
Thy steps I'll follow with my bosom bare,
Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky."