No. XXXIII:
Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried,
Asking, “What Lamp had Destiny to guide
Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?”
And- “A blind understanding!” Heav’n replied.
No. XXXIV:
Then to this earthen Bowl did I adjourn
My Lip the secret Well of Life to learn:
And Lip to Lip it murmur’d- “While you live,
Drink! -for once dead you never shall return.”
No. XXXVI:
For in the Market-place, one Dusk of Day,
I watch’d the Potter thumping his wet Clay:
And with its all obliterated Tongue
It murmur’d- “Gently, Brother, gently, pray!”
and so much more….
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