XV

The tongue of malice is in slander versed:
The Raja’s heart in politics immersed:
The lust of war inflames the warrior’s head:
The poor man’s dream is of a loaf of bread:
In thoughts of God the saint attains his bliss:
Each is wrapt up in that thing or in this:
The architect in palaces that rise,
The lover in his loved one’s fawn-soft eyes.