I said to the snake, the ape, the cat, the worm:
Trust time, for all your aptitudes together
Are not as sure and deadly. But now they said:
Time is too slow; let us, Master.
Master, count for us!
I said no.
Master, let us. Master, count for its!
I felt them in me. I saw the night, the sea,
The rocks, the neutral stars, the ready cliff.
I heard ye all about, and I heard them: