5. Air, soil, water, fire, these are words,
I rayself am a word with them — my qualities inter-penetrate with theirs — my name is nothing to them,
Though it were told in the three thousand languages, what would air, soil, water, fire, know of my name?
6. A healthy presence, a friendly or commanding gesture, are words, sayings, meanings,
The charms that go with the mere looks of some men and women, are sayings and meanings also.
7. The workmanship of Souls is by the inaudible words of the earth.
The great masters, the sayers, know the earth's words, and use them more than the audible words.
8. Amelioration is one of the earth's words,
The earth neither lags nor hastens,
It has all attributes, growths, effects, latent in itself from the jump.
It is not half beautiful only — defects and excrescences show just as much as perfections show.
9. The earth does not withhold, it is generous enough,
The truths of the earth continually wait, they are not so concealed either.
They are calm, subtle, untransmissible by print,
They are imbued through all things, conveying themselves willingly.
Conveying a sentiment and invitation of the earth—I utter and utter,