Do you, O Tin-Ore, lying in a matrix of solid rock,
Come forth from this matrix of solid rock;
If you do not come forth
You shall be a rebel in the sight of God.
Ho, Tin-Ore, Sir ‘Floating Islet,’
‘Flotsam-at-sea,’ and ‘Flotsam-on-land,’
Do you float up to the surface of this my tank,[260]
Or you shall be a rebel to God,” etc.
Sometimes each grain of ore appears to be considered as endowed with a separate entity or individuality. Thus we find in another invocation the following passage, where the wizard is addressing the grains of ore:—
“Do You (Grains of Ore) that are on the Hills descend to the Plains,