What use are glasses, light and lenses, When everyone, according to his will, Anxiously searches in alchemy, So that his heart burns with desire! He seeks across and back again, Yet finds nothing in the end; And fixes on all spectacles, Because he acts only by his will; Thus he will never hit upon The truth, which could bring him joy. Try it, and do it with reason, And do not grope blindly along the wall. Use glasses, light, and lenses rightly: Then God will grant your wish.
