Is greed of conquest so insatiate?
Or does Omnipotence design to take
Example from the flaws of childhood's years,
And what of folly in Thy work appears
Thou studiest for newer worlds' sweet sake?
Nay, Thou art shamed of Thy first dwelling-place,
And we are wearied; neither of us know
How we may remedy Thy fault, and so
With slow tired hands Thou coverest Thy face.
Poor Man! foredoomed to spurn such love as this!