A marvel, but was all-sufficient, strong

Or staggered only at his own vast wits;

While I was restless, nothing satisfied,

Distrustful, most perplexed. I would slur over

That struggle; suffice it, that I loathed myself

As weak compared with them, yet felt somehow

A mighty power was brooding, taking shape

Within me; and this lasted till one night

When, as I sat revolving it and more,

A still voice from without said—"Seest thou not,