Works on with crucible and wire

Unnoticed, till an instant glory

Crowns some high issue, as with fire,

And men, with wondering eyes awide,

Gauge great Invention's giant stride.

No age, no race, no single soul,

By lofty tumbling gains the goal.

The steady pace it keeps between,—

The little points it makes unseen,—

By these, achieved in gathering might,