So doth this Voice Divine bid us, to turn to wine the waters of doubt and cold despair.
Thus the deep from out the deep doth call, in voice of thunder, hear ye all! man is born to live.
[5] The soul of man is here called the Lips of God, through which the Spiritual Voice speaks in a different tone, or a high, inspiring sound.
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[6]Then take this cup and with the fire of resolution fill, lay now aside forevermore those garments of fear and indolence.
The time on earth is far too short to waste on self upbraidings;
Nor stand ye shivering on the banks of repentance, but seek deliverance within.
For the bird of life has taken wing.
[6] The cup here denotes the earthly life, which must be filled with resolution to succeed.