’Tis but a relation. Each one’s one of two.
If thirst seeks for water in this wide domain,
The water, on its side, the thirst courts again.
Should any one love thee, do thou silent be.
Thy ear claims he then, thou attentive should’st be.
The torrent bank up that threats dire overflow;
Or ravage ’twill make of the lands down below.200
What care I if cities in ruins should fall,
In ruins we treasures find dear to us all.
Man merged in God, most entirely is drowned