Multiplied in endless combination, issue the changeable results;
Each class verging on the other twain, with imperceptible gradation;
And every individual in each having his propriety of difference,
So that the meanest of creation bringeth in a tribute of the beautiful.
Yea, from the worst in favour shineth out a fitness of design,
The patent mark of beauty, its Maker's name imprest.
For the great Creator's seal is set to all His works;
Its quarterings are Attributes of praise, and all the shield is Beauty:
So, that heraldic blazon is Creation's common signet;
And the universal family of life goeth in the colours of its Lord: