nor anywhere near it;
And even those creatures on which he can shine
He cannot illumine with equal light
Inside and out. But the Almighty
Ruler and Worker of the world's creatures
His own work overlooks;
All creatures alike He looks over.
He is the true Sun, and rightly so;
Such in His honour we may sing truly.
XXXI
You may know, if you will notice,
That many creatures of various kinds
Fare over earth with unlike motions,
With gait and colour quite diverse,
And aspects also of endless kinds,
Queer and common. Some creep and crawl
With all their body bound to the ground;
No wings them help on feet they walk not,
Nor pace the earth, as was them appointed.
Some on two feet fare over the ground,
Some are four-footed; some in flight
Wing beneath the clouds, Yet each creature
Is drooping earthward, stooping downward,
On the ground looking, longing for earth,
Some need-driven, some through greed.
Man only goes of all God's creatures
