That which ye sow ye reap. See yonder fields ! 



The sesamum f was sesamum, the corn 

 Was corn. The Silence and the Darkness knew ! 



So is a man's fate born. 



He cometh, reaper of the things he sowed, 

 Sesamum, corn, so much cast in past birth ; 



And so much weed and poison-stuff, 'which mar 

 Him and the aching earth. 



If he shall labour rightly, rooting these, 



And planting wholesome seedlings where they grew, 

 Fruitful and fair and clean the ground shall be, 



And rich the harvest due. 



Sir EDWIN ARNOLD, The Light of Asia. 



