1920] on Science and Poetry 219 



Philosophy. 



" The dreams of Hope, of blue-eyed Hope, 

 Melt after morn and die in day ; 

 Love's golden dew-globe, lit aslope, 



Dulls with a downward ray ; 

 Canst thou with all thy thought renew 

 The flying dreams or drying dew ? " 



Science. 



" Not I creator. Hour by hour 

 I labour without stress or strife 

 To gain more knowledge, greater power, 



A nobler, longer life. 

 By thought alone we take our stand 

 Above the world and win command." 



Philosophy. 



" Know, Knowledge doth but clip our wings, 

 And wordly Wisdom weaken worth, 

 To make us lords of little things, 



And worm-gods of the earth. 

 Were earth made Heaven by human wit, 

 Some wild star yet might shatter it." 



Science. 



" The wings of Fancy are but frail, 

 And Virtue's without Wisdom weak ; 

 Better than Falsehood's flowery vale, 



The Truth, however bleak. 

 Tho' she may bless not nor redeem, 

 The Truth is true, and reigns supreme." 



Philosophy . 



" Not all, but few, can plead and prove 

 And crown their brows with Truth and pass ; 

 Their little labours cannot move 

 The mountain's mighty mass. 

 To man in vain the Truth appeals, 

 Or Heav'n ordains, or Art reveals." 



Science. 



" So self-consuming thought. But see 

 The standards of Advance unfurl'd ; 

 The buds are breaking on the lea, 



And Spring strikes thro' the world. 

 Tho' we may never reach the Peak, 

 God gave this great commandment, Seek." 



The ponderous bolts of Night were drawn ; 

 The pale Day peer'd thro' cloudy bars ; 

 The Wind awoke ; the sword of Dawn 



Flasht thro' the flying Stars ; 

 The new-born Sun-Star smote the Gloom : 

 The Desert burst in endless Bloom. 



