XVI.
Then the truth came upon me. No harp more—no song more! outbroke—
XVII.
“I have gone the whole round of creation: I saw and I spoke;
“I, a work of God’s hand for that purpose, received in my brain
“And pronounced on the rest of his handwork—returned him again
“His creation’s approval or censure: I spoke as I saw,
“Reported, as man may of God’s work—all’s love, yet all’s law.
“Now I lay down the judgeship he lent me. Each faculty tasked
“To perceive him has gained an abyss, where a dew-drop was asked.