And pardon an attempt from mortal thought,
In which archangels might have fail’d, unblamed.”
How such ideas of th’ Almighty’s power,
And such ideas of th’ Almighty’s plan
(Ideas not absurd), distend the thought
Of feeble mortals! Nor of them alone!
The fulness of the Deity breaks forth
In inconceivables to men, and gods.
Think, then, oh, think; nor ever drop the thought;
How low must man descend, when gods adore! 1940