Book of Parables: All kinds of Men.
ALL kinds of men, both small and great,
A fine-spun web delight to create,
And in the middle they take their place,
And wield their scissors with wondrous grace.
But if a besom should sweep that way:
"What a most shameful thing," they say,--
"They've crush'd a mighty palace to-day."
1815.
Content of X. Book of Parables: All kinds of Men. [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem collection: West-Eastern Divan]