No doubt remains which way to turn one’s face, I ween.
The temple hidden, its direction quite unknown,—
Then use thy judgment. God this method’s kindly shown.[367]180
Whene’er you hear a note of God’s truth-warbling bird,[368]
You straightway seize its literal sense, just as ’tis heard.
You then use suppositions of your darksome mind,
And form, through wrong conclusions, guesses worse than blind.
The saints use terms of technical significance,
Unknown to worldly reasoners’ crass ignorance.
The language of the bird you learn, as to its notes;