Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make
Our noisy years seem moments in the being
Of the Eternal Silence.
FOOTNOTES:
[A] It is objected that Geology is a science: yet that Geology cannot foretell the future changes of the earth's surface. Geology is not a century old, and its periods are measured by millions of years. Yet, if Geology cannot foretell future facts, it enabled Sir Roderick Murchison to foretell the discovery of Australian gold.
[B] February 1864.