You, who both day and night the world pursue,
And thoughts of that dread day of doom eschew,
Bethink you of your latter end; be sure
As time has treated others, so 'twill you!
O man, who art creation's summary,
Getting and spending too much trouble thee!
Arise, and quaff the Etern Cupbearer's wine,
And so from troubles of both worlds be free!
362. C. L. N. A. I. J. So Wordsworth, «The world is too much with us,» etc. The Sufis rejected talab ud dunya, «worldliness,» and talab nl ukharat, «other-worldliness,» for talab nl maula, «disinterested godliness.» So Madame Guyon taught «Holy Indifference.»
In this eternally revolving zone,
Two lucky species of men are known;
One knows all good and ill that are on earth,
One neither earth's affairs, nor yet his own.
363. C. L. N. A. I. J. Taman, «entirely.» The two classes seem to be practical men and mystics.