No soldier's, statesman's, poet's, painter's name
Was this, through which is drawn death's last black line;
But one of rarer, if not loftier fame—
A priest of Truth, who lived within her shrine.
A priest of Truth: his office to expound
Earth's mysteries to all who willed to hear—
Who in the book of science sought and found,
With love, that knew all reverence, but no fear.
A priest who prayed as well as ministered:
Who grasped the faith he preached, and held it fast: