If he could do such deeds as these,
He might, though poor and low,
Explain the cause of Nature's laws,
Which none shall ever know;
He might recall the vanish'd years by lifting of his hand,
And bid the wind go north or south to prove what he has plann'd.
IX.
But God is just. He burdens not
The shoulders of the sage;
He pities him whose sight is dim;