And He that with his hand the Vessel Made
Will surely not in after Wrath destroy.’
After a momentary silence spake
Some vessel of a more ungainly make:
‘They sneer at me for leaning all awry:
What! Did the hand then of the Potter shake?’
Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot—
I think a Sufi pipkin—waking hot—
‘All this of Pot and Potter—Tell me then
Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?’