Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
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THE “AUTOMATIC ACTION OF MATTER”
THEORY, AND ITS ISSUES. |
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THE “AUTOMATIC ACTION OF MATTER” THEORY, AND ITS ISSUES.
O unwise Science! too inquisitive,Too curious-prying; like the child who takes
His drum to pieces, or the sea-shell breaks
To find what may that Ocean-résponse give:
To take to pieces life is not to live.
'Tis ill to touch, for the fine works' own sakes,
Too oft the delicate mainspring which all makes
Keep time; 'tis worst “survival” to “survive”
Our better Selves! As on a muffled drum,
Thou beatest on this hollow ball of ours
A mufflèd roll of death that strikes Man dumb;
And crown'st not with “Immortelles” but poor flowers
Of Earth, that fade as into bloom they come,
Humanity's dead brow and baffled powers.
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