First when we see them painted, things we have passed

Perhaps a hundred times nor cared to see;

And so they are better painted—better to us,

Which is the same thing. Art was given for that;

God uses us to help each other so,

Lending our minds out. Have you noticed, now,

Your cullion’s hanging face? A bit of chalk,

And trust me, but you should, though! How much more

If I drew higher things with the same truth!

That were to take the Prior’s pulpit place,