The Clod and the Pebble

"Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives it ease, And builds a heaven in hell's despair."

So sang a little clod of clay, Trodden with the cattle's feet, But a pebble of the brook Warbled out these metres meet:

"Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven's despite."