The first word. The second. The third.
[VI.]
He is little to be praised who loves what he sees.
To love nothing but what one sees is great presumption.
To live in this kingdom (i.e. heaven) leave must be asked.
This stream must be passed over by death.
The father asks his pearl whether she is about to doom him to sorrow again.
If he loses his pearl he does not care what happens to him.
The maiden tells her father to suffer patiently.
Though he may dance as any doe, yet he must abide God’s doom.