XXVIII.
UUPLIFT in unparticipated nightOh indefinable Being! far retiredFrom mortal ken in uncreated light:While demonstrating glories unacquiredWhen shall the wavering sciences evolveThe infinite secret, Thee? What mind shall scanThe tenour of Thy workmanship, or solveThe dark, perplexing destiny of man?Oh! in the hereafter border-land of wonder,Shall the proud world’s inveterate tale be told,The curtain of all mysteries torn asunder,The cerements from the living soul unrolled?Impatient questioner, soon, soon shall deathReveal to thee these dim phantasmata of faith.
UUPLIFT in unparticipated nightOh indefinable Being! far retiredFrom mortal ken in uncreated light:While demonstrating glories unacquiredWhen shall the wavering sciences evolveThe infinite secret, Thee? What mind shall scanThe tenour of Thy workmanship, or solveThe dark, perplexing destiny of man?Oh! in the hereafter border-land of wonder,Shall the proud world’s inveterate tale be told,The curtain of all mysteries torn asunder,The cerements from the living soul unrolled?Impatient questioner, soon, soon shall deathReveal to thee these dim phantasmata of faith.
UUPLIFT in unparticipated nightOh indefinable Being! far retiredFrom mortal ken in uncreated light:While demonstrating glories unacquiredWhen shall the wavering sciences evolveThe infinite secret, Thee? What mind shall scanThe tenour of Thy workmanship, or solveThe dark, perplexing destiny of man?Oh! in the hereafter border-land of wonder,Shall the proud world’s inveterate tale be told,The curtain of all mysteries torn asunder,The cerements from the living soul unrolled?Impatient questioner, soon, soon shall deathReveal to thee these dim phantasmata of faith.
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