That, if through guilt the world’s guide lead astray,
They in the path of right straightforward go
Sole of all men, and scorn the evil way.”
To these my words, “Now go,” the spirit said,
For the sun shall not enter seven times more
That part of heaven where Aries o’er his bed
Stretches and spreads his forked feet all four,
Ere this thy courtesy’s belief shall be
Nailed in the middle of thy head with nails
Of greater force than men’s reports to thee
If, unimpeded, Judgment’s course prevails.
THE RUSSIAN IDEA.
FROM THE GERMAN OF CONRAD VON BOLANDEN.
CONCLUDED.