Wi’ which his heedless body swarms,

And a’ man’s thocht nae mair to them

Than ony moosewob to a man,

His Heaven to them the blinterin’ o’

A snail-trail on their closet wa’!

For what’s an atom o’ a twig

That tak’s a billion to an inch

To a’ the routh o’ shoots that mak’

The bygrowth o’ the Earth aboot

The michty trunk o’ Space that spreids