Gives law to—life's light: what is doomed to the dark?

Where 's ignorance? Answer, creation! What height,

What depth has escaped Thy commandment—to Know?

What birth in the ore-bed but answers aright

Thy sting at its heart which impels—bids "E'en so,

Not otherwise more or be motionless,—grow,

"Decline, disappear!" Is the plant in default

How to bud, when to branch forth? The bird and the beast

—Do they doubt if their safety be found in assault

Or escape? Worm or fly, of what atoms the least