When he beheld an apple's certain fall
And delved behind the event for something more,
Sir Isaac Newton leaped the towering wall
Dividing scientific minds that bore
Like awls beneath an old investiture
From those that merely mark the event's occurring—
Such Fulton was and Watt, who found a lure
Far sweeter than the drowsy kettle's purring.
Just so, because our Master saw the bliss
Of Soul as All despite the clouds of sense,
And tested well his grand hypothesis,
Completely proving God's omnipotence,
We say with reverence, "Here indeed is power,
Is Science, that commands us to be free,
That saves the sick, that brings the promised shower
Of blessing! Eyes untaught what sight may be
Will now discern the wonder of a flower,
Of dawn, of poppied sunset, of the sea."
