"I asked the air if that were He? but, lo,

It told me, No.

I from the towering eagle to the wren

Demanded then

If any feathered fowl 'mongst them were such?

But they all, much

Offended with my question, in full choir

Answered, 'To find thy God thou must look higher.'

"I asked the heavens, sun, moon and stars; but they

Said, 'We obey