The road before thee should be swept with brooms
Made of the eye-lashes of peerless kings.
PROUD HUMILITY.
In proud humility a pious man went through the field;
The ears of corn were bowing in the wind, as if they kneeled;
He struck them on the head, and modestly began to say,
“Unto the Lord, not unto me, such honors should you pay.”
FOLLY FOR ONE’S SELF.
He who is only for his neighbors wise,
While his own soul in sad confusion lies,