O’erleaping the strong bounds of Nature’s law;
Grim death for them contracts his hasty stride,
And checks his dart, e’en in the act to strike;
His horrid messengers, disease and pain,
Loose their remorseless grasp unwillingly,
And leave their prey to ease and thankfulness;
For them bright wisdom opens all her stores,
Her golden treasures spreading to their view,
Whilst Inspiration’s all enlivening light
Hangs hovering o’er their heads in glittering blaze;