Earth hath her images of utterance,
Her hieroglyphic meanings which elude;
A symbol language of similitude,
Into whose secrets science may not glance;
In which the Mind-in-Nature doth romance
In miracles that baffle if pursued-
No guess shall search them and no thought
intrude
Beyond the limits of her sufferance.
So doth the great Intelligence above
Hide His own thought’s creations;
and attire
Forms in the dream’s ideal, which
He dowers
With immaterial loveliness and love-
As essences of fragrance and of fire-
Preaching th’ evangels of the stars
and flowers.