LXXXVII.

Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot-- I think a Sufi pipkin--waxing hot-- «All this of Pot and Potter--Tell me, then, Who is the Potter pray, and who the Pot?»

LXXXVII. _Ante sub_ LXXXIII.

LXXXVIII.

«Why,» said another, «Some there are who tell Of one who threatens he will toss to Hell The luckless Pots he marr'd in making--Pish! He's a Good Fellow, and 'twill all be well.»

The inspiration for this quatrain, and I think for No. 86, comes from C. 69 and C. 159:

Since the Director set in order the elements of natures, For what cause does He again disperse them into loss and deficiency? If they are good, why should He break them? And if they turn out bad, well, why is there any blame to these forms?

_Ref._: C. 69, L. 103, B. 99, P. 94, B. ii. 107.--W. 126, V. 103.

They say that at the resurrection there will be much searching, And that that excellent Friend will be hasty; Nothing but good ever came from the Unalloyed Goodness, Be happy! for the upshot will be all right!

_Ref._: C. 159, L. 316, B. 312, S.P. 178, P. 197.--W. 193, N. 178, V. 318.