LXXXVI.

After a momentary silence spake Some Vessel of a more ungainly make; «They sneer at me for leaning all awry: What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?»

This quatrain is a perfect reflection and companion of all these Kuza Nama quatrains, but I have not found a ruba'i in O. or C. which can be pointed out as having directly inspired[85] it. It must, I think, be considered together with No. 88.