In golden earrings, counsel’s pearls shall be thy prize.
Be thou as slave to this, my cunning goldsmith-art;
I’ll teach thee how to soar beyond the stars’ bright chart.
Know, first of all, creation’s minds are manifold,
As are its forms;—from Alpha to Omega told.675
From this variety, disorder seems to rise;
Though, in true sense, to unity the series hies.
In one sense, they’re discordant; other, in accord;
They now as folly, now as wisdom, pass a word.
The day of judgment will to each assign its place;