Worked while thyself lay sleeping: as he went

Thou wakedst: 'What a novel sense have I!

Whom shall I love and praise?' 'The stars, each orb

Thou standest rapt beneath,' proposes one:

'Do not they live their life, and please themselves,

And so please thee? What more is requisite?'

Make thou this answer: 'If indeed no mage

Opened my eyes and worked a miracle,

Then let the stars thank me who apprehend

That such an one is white, such other blue!