Love seeketh not Itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care; But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.” So sung 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