Of granite-dust alone will his eye-salves consist.
So ’tis with all in times of misery and need;
Let no one, then, come blindly to our house to feed.”
Hast never seen reality of famine near?
Look well at us; thou’lt see effects of food too dear.25
Our outward look is black, like dark pretender’s heart.
This lacks enlightenment, though his exterior’s smart.
He has no hope of God, nor any good to show,
Though more than Seth or Adam he pretend to know.
Ev’n Satan unto him no trace of self has shown,