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English
1708
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!" 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
ing--let the Sufi flout; Of my Base Metal may be filed a Key, That shall unlock the Door he howls without. LVI. And this I know: whether the one True Light, Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite, One Glimpse of It within the Tavern caught Better than in the Temple lost outright. LVII. Oh Thou who didst with Pitfall and with Gin Beset the Road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with Predestination round Enmesh me, and impute my Fall to Sin? LVIII. Oh 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 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.  PLOT OF DUST AND SOUL THINE HAD STRUCK A FIBRE WHICH ABOUT IT CLINGS MY BEING LET THE SOUFIE FLOUT OF MY BASE METAL MAY BE FILED A KEY THAT SHALL UNLOCK THE DOOR HE HELS WITHOUT AND THIS I KNOW WHETHER THE ONE TRUE LIGHT KINDLED TO LOVE OR WRATH CONSUME ME QUITE ONE GLIMPSE OF IT WITHIN THE TAVERN CUT BETTER THAN IN THE TEMPLE LOST OUTRIGHT O THOU DIDST WITH PITFALL AND WITH GIN BESET THE ROAD I WAS TO WANDER IN THOU WILT NOT WITH PREDESTINATION ROUND 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 
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