Some sense is patent; some is hard to find, difform.
The indication’s feeble;—tree and water see;—
How different, apparently, their natures be!
Let’s leave now all these words,—cause, nature, sign;—
And turn we to our Arab and his wife benign.400
The husband said: “I’ve now abandoned all dispute.
All rule is in thy hands; thy power is absolute.
Whatever thou ordain, submissive thou’lt me find;
Its good or bad results shall not weigh on my mind.
I’m non-existent; save, that by thee I must move;