He called the deaf one “Ass,” and “Fool,” and “Sot,” and “Blind.”
Said he: “I’ll serve him out; I’ll pay him what’s his due!
Till then, my spirit will his hateful visit rue!155
A visit to the sick’s for consolation’s sake;
His visit I abhor, his insults I’ll not take.
He’s wished to gloat on foe laid prostrate at his feet;
Some joy to gather thence his secret hate to greet.”
How many pious men there are, to outward view,
Reward of joy in heaven, as object, who pursue.
At heart they’re sinners still, despite the show they make.