The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Safety to Look to Oneself
209. SAFETY TO LOOK TO ONESELF.
For my neighbour I'll not know,
Whether high he builds or no:
Only this I'll look upon,
Firm be my foundation.
Sound or unsound, let it be!
'Tis the lot ordain'd for me.
He who to the ground does fall
Has not whence to sink at all.