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English
1708
did the Hand then of the Potter shake?" DID THE HAND THEN OF THE POTTER SHAKE
er Earth didst make, And who with Eden didst devise the Snake; For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man Is blacken'd, Man's Forgiveness give--and take! KUZA--NAMA. ("Book of Pots") LIX. Listen again. One Evening at the Close Of Ramazan, ere the better Moon arose, In that old Potter's Shop I stood alone With the clay Population round in Rows. LX. And strange to tell, among that Earthen Lot Some could articulate, while others not: And suddenly one more impatient cried-- "Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?" LXI. Then said another--"Surely not in vain My substance from the common Earth was ta'en, That He who subtly wrought me into Shape Should stamp me back to common Earth again." LXII. Another said--"Why, ne'er a peevish Boy Would break the Bowl from which he drank in Joy; Shall He that made the Vessel in pure Love And Fansy, in an after Rage destroy!" LXIII. None answer'd this; but after Silence spake A Vessel of a more ungainly Make: "They sneer at me for leaning all awry; What?  ENMESH ME AND IMPUTE MY FALL TO SIN O THOU WHO MAN OF BASER EARTH DIDST MAKE AND WHO WITH EDEN DIDST DEVISE THE SNAKE FOR ALL THE SIN WHEREWITH THE FACE OF MAN IS BLACKENED MAN'S FORGIVENESS GIVE AND TAKE KUSONOMA BOOK OF PARTS LISTEN AGAIN ONE EVENING AT THE CLOSE OF RAMAZON AND THE BETTER MOON AROSE IN THAT OLD POTTER'S SHOP I STOOD ALONE WITH THE CLAY POPULATION ROUND IN ROWS AND STRANGE TO TELL AMONG THE EARTHEN LOT SOME COULD ARTICULATE WHILE OTHERS KNOCKED AND SUDDENLY ONE MORE IMPATIENT CRIED WHO IS THE POTTER PRAY AND WHO THE POT THEN SAID ANOTHER SURELY NOT IN VAIN MY SUBSTANCE FROM THE COMMON EARTH WAS TAME THAT HE WHO SUBTLY WROUGHT ME INTO SHAPE SHOULD STAMP ME BACK TO THE COMMON EARTH AGAIN ANOTHER SAID WHY NE'ER A PEEVISH BOY WOULD BREAK THE BOWL FROM WHICH HE DRANK IN JOY SHALL HE THAT MADE THE VESSEL IN PURE LOVE AND FANCY IN AN AFTER RAGE DESTROY NONE ANSWERED THIS BUT AFTER SILENCE SPAKE A VESSEL THAT THEY MORE UNGAINLY MAKE THEY SNEER AT ME FOR LEANING ALL AWRY WHAT
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