The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations/The Elixir

Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in anything To do it as for Thee:

All may of Thee partake: Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture 'for Thy Sake,' Will not grow bright and clean.

A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, Makes that and th' actions fine.

This is the famous stone That turneth all too gold; For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for less be told.