Fall Man’s heart to cell Ascidian, sink Man’s hand to Monkey’s paw;
And bend the knee to Protoplast in philosophic awe—
Both Creator and Created, at once work and source of Law,
And our Lord be the Atom-Molecule,
Of the young World’s proto-prime!
Anonymous.
On Sir Stafford Northcote.
Yes, I’ll sing you a good old song that, alas, seems out of date,
Of a fine old English statesman who for long had served the State,