MEN STYLE HIM LORD OF TAO, 
 
YET HE HATH NONE TO LORD. 
 
HID MOTIVE HE OF ALL THAT BE : 
 
ENOUGH FOR HIS REWARD ! 
 
 
 
 
HE THAT CAN COMPREHEND 
 
THIS DOCTRINE MAY TRANSMIT 
 
THIS SACRED TAO TO MEN THAT VOW 
 
THEMSELVES TO FATHOM IT. 
 
 
II. 
 
LAO KUN THE MASTER SAID : 
 
THE ADEPT IN SKILL OF SOUL 
 
HATH NEVER AN AIM ; THE BUNGLER’S SHAME 
 
IS THAT HE GROPES A GOAL. 
 
 
 
 
WHO MOST POSSESS THE TEH 
 
CONCEAL THEIR MAGICK POWER ; 
 
WHO LEAST POSSESS EXERT THEIR STRESS 
 
SEVEN TIMES IN EVERY HOUR. 
 
 
 
 
THESE, WHO CLING FAST TO POWERS, 
 
WHO GUARD THEM, AND DISPLAY 
 
THEIR MAGICK ART—THEY ARE NOT PART 
 
OF TAO NOR YET OF TEH.