The Clod & the Pebble
Love
seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
So sang a
little Clod of Clay
Trodden with the cattle's feet,
But a Pebble of the brook
Warbled out these metres meet :
Love
seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to Its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.
- Un petit
sondage -