IV.

Wherefore was this? Because my soul had drawn Light from the Book whose words are graved in light! There, at its well-head, had I found the dawn, And day, and noon of freedom: but too bright It shines on that which man to man hath given, And call’d the truth--the very truth, from heaven! And therefore seeks he in his brother’s sight To cast the mote; and therefore strives to bind, With his strong chains, to earth what is not earth’s--the mind!