Barbarians oft endeavour
Gods for themselves to make;
But they're more hideous ever
Than dragon or than snake.
"What is science, rightly known?"
'Tis the strength of life alone.
Life canst thou engender never,
Life must be life's parent ever
It matters not, I ween,
Where worms our friends consume,
Beneath the turf so green,
Or 'neath a marble tomb.
Remember, ye who live,
Though frowns the fleeting day,
That to your friends ye give
What never will decay.
What shall I teach thee, the very first thing?—
Fain would I learn o'er my shadow to spring!
EXCULPATION.
Wilt thou dare to blame the woman for her seeming sudden changes.
Swaying east and swaying westward, as the breezes shake the tree?
Fool! thy selfish thought misguides thee—find the man that never ranges;
Woman wavers but to seek him—is not then the fault in thee?
