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To comprehend them.ΓÇöCansΓÇÖt thou boast, like earth,
A Kepler, skilful pioneer and wise?ΓÇö
A sage to write his name among the stars
Like glorious Herschel?ΓÇöor a dynasty
Like great CassiniΓÇÖs, which from sire to son
Transmitted science as a birthright sealΓÇÖd?
ΓÇöRose there some lunar Horrox,ΓÇöto whose glance
Resplendent Venus her adventurous course
RevealΓÇÖd, even in his boyhood?ΓÇösome La Place
Luminous as the skies he sought to read?ΓÇö
Thou deignΓÇÖst no answer,ΓÇöor I fain would ask
If since thy bright creation, thou hast seen
Ought like a Newton, whose admitted eye
The arcana of the universe explored?
LightΓÇÖs subtle ray its mechanism disclosed,