They prisoners become to rage, lust, discontent.
We are the household of that Householder, whose word
Thus spake: ‘Creation’s all as children of the Lord.’[141]
He that doth send the fattening rain upon the earth,
In mercy, too, can feed His creatures from their birth.”30
The lion thus replied: “’Tis true. But still, the Lord
A ladder sets before our feet to be explor’d.
Step after step we have to mount unto the roof.
Th’ idea of compulsion’s quite devoid of proof.
Two feet thou hast. Then why thyself hold to be lame?