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English
1708
XXXIV. Then to this earthen Bowl did I adjourn My Lip the secret Well of Life to learn: And Lip to Lip it murmur'd  "While you live, Drink!  for once dead you never shall return." THEN TO THIS EARTHEN BOWL DID I ADJOURN MY LIP THE SECRET WELL OF LIFE TO LEARN AND LIP TO LIP IT MURMURED WHILE YOU LIVE DRINK FOR ONCE DEAD YOU NEVER SHALL RETURN
ow, And with my own hand labour'd it to grow: And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd-- "I came like Water, and like Wind I go." XXIX. Into this Universe, and why not knowing, Nor whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing: And out of it, as Wind along the Waste, I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing. XXX. What, without asking, hither hurried whence? And, without asking, whither hurried hence! Another and another Cup to drown The Memory of this Impertinence! XXXI. Up from Earth's Centre through the seventh Gate I rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate, And many Knots unravel'd by the Road; But not the Knot of Human Death and Fate. XXXII. There was a Door to which I found no Key: There was a Veil past which I could not see: Some little Talk awhile of ME and THEE There seemed--and then no more of THEE and ME. XXXIII. Then to the rolling Heav'n itself I cried, Asking, "What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?" And--"A blind understanding!" Heav'n replied.  CAME OUT BY THE SAME DOOR AS IN I WENT WITH THEM THE SEED OF WISDOM DID I SOW AND WITH MY OWN HAND LABOUR'D IT TO GROW AND THIS WAS ALL THE HARVEST THAT I REAPED I CAME LIKE WATER AND LIKE WIND I GO INTO THIS UNIVERSE IN WHY NOT KNOWING NOR WHENCE LIKE WATER WILLY NILLY FLOWING AND OUT OF IT AS WIND ALONG THE WASTE I KNOW NOT WHITHER WILLY NILLY BLOWING WHAT WITHOUT ASKING HITHER HURRIED WHENCE AND WITHOUT ASKING WHITHER HURRIED HENCE ANOTHER AND ANOTHER CUT TO DROWN THE MEMORY OF THIS IMPERTINENCE UP FROM EARTH CENTRE THROUGH THE SEVENTH GATE I ROSE AND ON THE THRONE OF SATURN SATE AND MANY KNOTS UNRAVELED BY THE ROAD BUT NOT THE KNOT OF HUMAN DEATH AND FATE THERE WAS A DOOR TO WHICH I FOUND NO KEY THERE WAS A VALE PAST WHICH I COULD NOT SEE SOME LITTLE TALK AWHILE OF ME AND THEE THERE SEEMED AND THEN NO MORE OF THEE AND ME THEN TO THE ROLLING HEAVEN ITSELF I CRIED ASKING WHAT LAMP HAD DESTINY TO GUIDE HER LITTLE CHILDREN STUMBLING IN THE DARK AND A BLIND UNDERSTANDING HEAVEN REPLIED
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