"I am made to sow the thistle for wheat; the nettle for a nourishing dainty
"I have planted a false oath in the earth, it has brought forth a poison tree
"I have chosen the serpent for a councellor & the dog
"For a schoolmaster to my children"I have blotted out from light & living the dove & nightingale
"And I have caused the earth worm to beg from door to door
"I have taught the thief a secret path into the house of the just
"I have taught pale artifice to spread his nets upon the morning
"My heavens are brass my earth is iron my moon a clod of clay
"My sun a pestilence burning at noon & a vapour of death in night
