These two phrases repeat the message of the line from the Bible: “Be not like the mighty oak which can be filled, with a single stroke; Be like the humble reed which bends with the wind and stays. ” What final message do the last two lines convey?

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1.	These two phrases repeat the message of the line from the Bible: “Be not like the mighty oak which can be filled, with a single stroke; Be like the humble reed which bends with the wind and stays. ” What final message do the last two lines convey?
Answer» The poet is consoling himself that the temple which he would never be able to construct, would any day be destroyed, whereas the ‘moving temple’ that he carries in his heart would be immortal and intact. The lines can also mean that the one who ‘stands’ in front of God without bowing down to Him, will surely ‘fall’ or be destroyed, whereas ‘the moving’, the one who bows down in front of Him and acts according to His wish, would stay ever. The poet finds consolation in his modest circumstances and his devotion to God.