brain,
If knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer
Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
In this last line
mean that the world is physically tethered to the feet of God by chains, but merely wishes to indicate the unbreakable bonds that exist between God and this world. In referring to the chains as “golden,”
and value of these bonds. By referring to the “feet” of God, rather than any other part of Him, he suggests the humble position of man in God’s divine scheme. It is, indeed, a very rich metaphor. To return