And happy they who look on them in their own place.”
He said: “Good luck to all who have the happy chance[253]
To look on my disciples,—mirrors of my glance.”
If thou by taper’s aid proceed to light a lamp,
The eye that sees its light, perceives the taper’s stamp.40
If one lamp from another should be lighted; well!
The light received from this, has come from that one’s cell.
And so, if through a thousand wicks the light should pass,
Who sees the last enjoys the gift of all the mass.
The light of this last lamp’s as pure as is the whole;