To words of the Prophet give heed, silly block.
Earth’s lords have dominion o’er bodies of clay.
Enlightened saints rule hold o’er hearts;—their own sway.
All acts are fruits, doubtless, of experience.
Man, then, is but pupil. All’s, else, mere pretence.[221]
I’ll close now this subject; much more I might say;
Prevented I am by the rules I obey.135
Remembrance, forgetfulness, both are of God.
Support and aid, too, must depend on His nod.
Of thoughts, God, men’s good and bad souls voids, each night,