And, man produced, all has its end thus far:
But, in completed man begins anew
A tendency to God."B
B: Ibid.
For man, being intelligent, flings back his light on all that went before,
"Illustrates all the inferior grades, explains
Each back step in the circle."C
C: Ibid. 189.
He gives voice to the mute significance of Nature, and lets in the light on its blind groping.
"Man, once descried, imprints for ever