To catch the truth or quell the doubt.
1. ‘The dreams of Hope, of blue-eyed Hope,
Melt after morn and die in day;
Love’s golden dew-globe, lit aslope,
Dulls with a downward ray;
Canst thou with all thy thought renew
The flying dreams or drying dew?’
2. ‘Not I creator. Hour by hour
I labour without stress or strife
To gain more knowledge, greater power,