And found the burning bush, that led him to empire!
Or Jesus, who escaped his foes with one fleet bound,
And found himself then landed where the sun goes round![319]
An ear of corn it was that baited Adam’s trap.[320]
But thence himself became the source of mankind’s sap!550
The falcon stoops to earth enticed by luring fate;
He there meets man’s good teaching, soars to princely state.
A child is sent to school to teach him learning’s prize,
In hope of toys and treats he studies till he’s wise.
On leaving school he sits in seat of law or power;