Knowledge: before me was my Cause—that 's styled

God: after, in due course succeeds the rest,—

All that my knowledge comprehends—at best—

At worst, conceives about in mild despair.

Light needs must touch on either darkness: where?

Knowledge so far impinges on the Cause

Before me, that I know—by certain laws

Wholly unknown, whate'er I apprehend

Within, without me, had its rise: thus blend

I, and all things perceived, in one Effect.