...shone like suns,1 and as the chariot passed, Bedimmed * all other light. ' Spirit of Nature ! here I In this interminable wilderness Of worlds, at whose...staggers. Here is thy fitting temple. Yet not" the lightest leaf That quivers to the passing breeze Is less instinct with thee : Yet not the meanest worm...

...chariot passed, Eclipsed all other light. Spirit of Nature ! here ! In this interminable wilderness 265 Of worlds, at whose immensity Even soaring fancy staggers, Here is thy fitting temple. Yet not the lightest leaf That quivers to the passing breeze 270 Is less instinct with thee : Yet not the meanest...

...this Spirit, just as the ascension to the Plain of Truth is made by winged chariots in the Phaedrus : Spirit of Nature ! here ! In this interminable wilderness...staggers, Here is thy fitting temple. Yet not the lightest leaf That quivers to the passing breeze Is less instinct with thee : Yet not the meanest worm...

...this Spirit, just as the ascension to the Plain of Truth is made by winged chariots in the Phaedrus : Spirit of Nature ! here ! In this interminable wilderness...worlds, at whose immensity Even soaring fancy staggers, Yet not the lightest leaf That quivers to the passing breeze Here is thy fitting temple. Is less instinct...

...breeze Is less instinct with thee • Yet not the meanest worm That lurks in graves and fattens on Spirit of Nature ! here! In this interminable wilderness...soaring fancy staggers, Here is thy fitting temple the dead Less shares thy eternal breath, II IF solitude hath ever led thy steps To the wild ocean's...

...universe, and no more identified •with man than with the rest of its dominion : Spirit of Nature 1 here ! In this interminable wilderness Of worlds,...staggers, Here is thy fitting temple. Yet not the lightest leaf That quivers to the passing breeze Is less instinct with thee : Yet not the meanest worm...

...million light-years, ie six million billion miles. Naturally, we are led to ask if there is any end to ' this interminable wilderness of worlds, At whose immensity even soaring fancy staggers '.1 Professor Einstein concludes from his general theory of relativity that the Universe is ' finite...

...next succeeding, shakes free from the tyranny of his poetic mentors and exclaims, in his own voice: Spirit of Nature! here! In this interminable wilderness...staggers, Here is thy fitting temple. Yet not the lightest leaf That quivers to the passing breeze Is less instinct with thee: Yet not the meanest worm...

...worlds, at whose immensity Even soaring fancy staggers, Here is thy fitting temple. Yet not the lightest leaf That quivers to the passing breeze Is less instinct with thee: Yet not the meanest worm Less shares thy eternal breath. Spirit of Nature! thou! Imperishable as this scene, Here is thy fitting...

...to death and ruin driven; Some shone like stars, and as the chariot passed Bedimmed all other light. Spirit of Nature ! here In this interminable wilderness Of worlds, at whose involved immensity Even soaring fancy staggers, Here is thy fitting temple. Yet not the lightest leaf...