'Why was Adam driven from the garden?'The pupil asked his master. 'His heart was hardenedWith images, a hundred bonds that clutter the earthChained Adam to the cycle of death following birth.He was blind to this equation, living for something otherThan God and so out of paradise he was drivenWith his mortal body's cover his soul was shriven.Noblest of God's creatures, Adam fell with blame,Like a moth shrivelled by the candle's flame,Into history which taught mankind shame.Since Adam had not given up his heartTo God's attachment, there was no partFor Adam in paradise where the only friendIs God; His will is not for Adam to imagine and bend.'