Poem VIII

1The man of God is drunken without wine,The man of God is full without meat.

2The man of God is distraught and bewildered,The man of God has no food or sleep.

3The man of God is a king ’neath darvish-cloak,The man of God is a treasure in a ruin.

4The man of God is not of air and earth,The man of God is not of fire and water.

5The man of God is a boundless sea,The man of God rains pearls without a cloud.

6The man of God hath hundred moons and skies,The man of God hath hundred suns.

7The man of God is made wise by the Truth,The man of God is not learned from book.

8The man of God is beyond infidelity and religion,To the man of God right and wrong are alike.