I was—I am" ... ("He babbleth!" Tsaddik mused)
"O Thou Almighty, who canst reinstate
"Truths in their primal clarity, confused
By man's perception, which is man's and made
To suit his service,—how, once disabused
"Of reason which sees light half shine half shade,
Because of flesh, the medium that adjusts
Purity to his visuals, both an aid
"And hindrance,—how to eyes earth's air encrusts,
When purged and perfect to receive truth's beam