Let all men see thy light; to glad their eyes ’twas made.
Removed from sight if ’tis, an evil thence will loom.
Thou, too, wilt be removed at midnight from the groom.”
A ninth expounds: “Put out the light; thou’lt have more joy.
The sense of sight is one: joy’s feelings, many; boy.
Put out the light. The sense of touch thou may’st then use.
The bride is timid; in the dark she’ll not refuse.165
Renunciation of the world’s a very farce.
Renounce. The world, and more, thou’lt dream of in thy trance.”
A tenth assures: “That which the Lord hath given to man,