See how souls should act, to gain heavenly bliss.”
The body’s a cage and a thorn to the soul.
Hence, seldom are body and soul wholly whole.
The body says: “I’ll follow where thou mayest lead.”
The soul answers: “Nay! Thy desire’s all I heed.”
The body then argues: “There’s none like to thee,
Thou’rt perfect, kind, beautiful, good as needs be.”310
The soul now demurs: “This and next worlds are thine.
All hearts to the feast hasten, where thou’rt to shine.”
The body then says: “’Tis a time for delight.”