Let him as likeness serve of many who are here.
Whoe’er beats out the teeth of weaker than himself,
Commits the lion’s error;—springs upon himself.
O thou who loath’st a mole upon thy neighbour’s cheek,
Reflect. ’Tis but an image. Thy own features seek.445
Believers are as mirrors; each sees self in each.
So said the Prophet. His words to us truth may teach.
Thou wearest spectacles, of blue, or red, or green;
And thence thou judgest all is tinged with that sheen.
If thou wilt use a window glazed with coloured glass,