The_Clod

Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath it any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hells despair.

So sang a little Clod of Clay,
Trodden with cattles feet;
But a Pebble of the brook,
Warbled out these metres meet.

Love seeketh only Self to please,

To bind another in its delight:
Joy in anothers loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heavens despite.