Question

1. Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,
Not on abiding rock.
a. What happens if a shaft is put on sand?
b. What is the result of a shaft being laid on rock?
What is the shaft a symbol of in these lines?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. If shafts are laid on sand then it will sink in sand.

b. If saft is laid on rock then nothing will happen

Answer 2

It's shafts are laid on sinking sand 'not on abiding rock