第 2 句因包含“穷途”,据此推断可能引用了典故:穷途
译《鲁拜集》 其七十三 现当代 · 黄克孙
七言绝句 押词韵第四部
天化劳人泥与水,身渗苦水穷途
云山沧海何年尽,都在鸿蒙上书
注:With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man knead,
And there of the Last Harvest sow'd the Seed:
And the first Morning of Creation wrote
What the Last Dawn of Reckoning shall read.