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Ranolf and Amohia

IV

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IV.

"Be all that as it may—for me
I hold the mind so made, of course
It must assume the primal Force
That causes Mind, must mental be!
And does not one strange fact proclaim
The power that framed the mighty plan
Of Mind and Universe the same?
Nay, prove this bounded Mind of Man
In close accordance made, or grown,
With that all-boundless Mind unknown—
Faint spark from its omnific Flame?—
A thousand years that human Mind
Its subtle sciences designed
Of numbers—angles—ratios—lines—
Complex ingenious symbol-signs—
Pure brainwork as the wildest dream!
Then, when the long research of Time,
For Man's rapt gaze withdraws the veil
That hides the Universe sublime,
To his amazement, lo! the scheme
Of the majestic fabric stands
Before him, fitting to the Scale
So long prepared by his own hands;
In strictest keeping ranged and wrought
With fine gradations, ratios, rules,
Spun out of his unaided Thought
So many an age before, and taught
As abstract Science in his schools.
'Tis as if God himself blazed out
A moment there! beyond all doubt
Perceived—the still small voice profound
Speaking for once with trumpet-sound!