But fishes dry land shun; they love clear water’s sprays.
What is the fish, and what the water, in my tale,
That they should symbolise God’s kingdom on small scale?
Whole shoals of fishes, great and small, the water’s realm,
In adoration mute, with praise to God o’erwhelm.
What showers of bounty from God’s outstretched hand
Have made the seas with pearls of price to deck the strand!195
What brilliant suns of brightest goodness must have shone,
Ere clouds and sea could have produced the matchless stone![103]
What rays of wisdom poured on water and on land