The abyss of Heaven, the rock-leaved Book of Earth,

And that Abyss as dreadful and profound

Locked in each atom.

Under the high stars,

Man creeps, too infinitesimal to be scanned;

And, over all the worlds that dwindle away

Beyond the uttermost microscopic sight,

He towers—a god.

Midway, between the height

That crushes, and the depth that flatters him,