XXV

Did not her breasts who reared us rear

Him who took heaven in hand, and weighed

Bright world with world in balance laid?

What Newton's might could make not clear

Hath Darwin's might not made?

XXVI

The forces of the dark dissolve,

The doorways of the dark are broken:

The word that casts out night is spoken,

And whence the springs of things evolve

Light born of night bears token.

XXVII

She, loving light for light's sake only,

And truth for only truth's, and song

For song's sake and the sea's, how long

Hath she not borne the world her lonely

Witness of right and wrong?

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