From low to lofty; from obscure to bright; 1951
By due gradation, Nature’s sacred law.
The stars, from whence?—Ask Chaos—he can tell.
These bright temptations to idolatry,
From darkness, and confusion, took their birth;
Sons of deformity! from fluid dregs
Tartarean, first they rose to masses rude;
And then, to spheres opaque; then dimly shone;
Then brighten’d; then blazed out in perfect day.
Nature delights in progress; in advance 1960