Crawling low among the stubbles,

Thing compact of clay, a body

Meant to perish,—think it odd, eh?

Raise your eyes, poor clod, and try to

See the tree-tops, and the sky too!

There’s the sun with pulses splendid

Whirling onward, star attended!

Child of light am I, the wizard,

Fiery-form’d from brain to gizzard,

While for you, my sun-craft spurning,