Whoever disenchants 1
A single Human soul
By failure of irreverence
Is guilty of the whole.
As guileless as a Bird 5
As graphic as a star
Till the suggestion sinister
Things are not what they are－
A single Human soul
By failure of irreverence
Is guilty of the whole.
As guileless as a Bird 5
As graphic as a star
Till the suggestion sinister
Things are not what they are－
(F.1475/J.1451)
[1] disenchants, a soul:: deprives, takes away one's charm, fascination.
[2] single:: unique.
[3] failure:: disqualification, rejection. irreverence:: disrespect.
[5] guileless:: straightforward, plain, which gets hurt easily.
[6] graphic, Star:: vivid as asterisk symbol, that anyone can see through in a glance.
[7] sinister:: erroneous, astray. suggestion:: a proposal to deprive the individual charm of a person (student).
[8] Things:: the world, is not guileless and graphic as bird and star.