Or Heav’n ordains, or Art reveals.’
2. ‘So self-consuming thought. But see
The standards of Advance unfurl’d;
The buds are breaking on the lea,
And Spring strikes thro’ the world.
Tho’ we may never reach the Peak,
God gave this great commandment, Seek.’
. . . . .
The ponderous bolts of Night were drawn;
The pale Day peer’d thro’ cloudy bars;