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VII.

But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will that can,

Existent behind all laws: that made them, and, lo, they are!

And I know not if, save in this, such gift be allowed to man,

That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound, but a star.

Consider it well: each tone of our scale in itself is nought;

It is everywhere in the world—loud, soft, and all is said:

Give it to me to use! I mix it with two in my thought,

And, there! Ye have heard and seen: consider and bow the head!