If for a moment only, I’d been granted grace.
But He still said: “Say on. The word is not a fault.
It’s naught but the decree there should appear default.
It’s shame to him who only sees another’s faults.
What fault is noticed by the Soul safe from assaults?”90
A fault it is to eyes of creatures ignorant.
But not with God the Lord, our Maker benignant.
E’en blasphemy is wisdom with th’ Omnipotent;[265]
Attributed to mortals, mortal sin patent.
If one sole fault be found amidst a hundred truths,