Caution would seem to me our duty now.
I think the mystics find the time draws nigh
Which brings an ending to their sovereign power.
Reason will scarcely ask in future times
What dreams of truth these holy temples had.
If this league tells of goals of such a kind
As have seemed wise to mankind’s general thought
Then it were good to join our lot to theirs.
Yet he had better shun the mystic’s robe
Who only seeks to pass the portal by,