Externally, man’s qualities are mind’s offspring.25
From purity, rich colours rise, good qualities;
Stains,—moral, or as dyes,—from gross impurities.
“God’s Baptism” is the name of all that’s good in man;
“The curse of God,” of all that’s evil in our plan.[124]
In which of these two seas our streamlets may subside,
They but return into the source from whence their tide.
From mountain-tops, swift torrents rushing down apace.
From men’s frames, love-inspired souls, anon the race.
The counsel hear, that now, this Jewish dog did take.