27.12.2010, 11:58
MODERN TERMINI.
Again we see the obstructive rites decreed —
This time by modern schools, a wrangUng lot ; —
Each hopes his little god shall do the deed,
The glorious deed—which Terminus did not !
The master lectures, and the pupils quote,
And noise abroad each fire-new theory.
Or stale old sophism. How they rave and dote !
And plant their idols where their Lord should be !
Soon may we say, ' the heathen dream is past !
The worship of these human blocks of stone.
These heirs of Terminus, is failing fast !
By history and reason overthrown ;
On their hard fronts the sunrise strikes in vain,
No Memnon-chords have they in all their sorry grain !
Again we see the obstructive rites decreed —
This time by modern schools, a wrangUng lot ; —
Each hopes his little god shall do the deed,
The glorious deed—which Terminus did not !
The master lectures, and the pupils quote,
And noise abroad each fire-new theory.
Or stale old sophism. How they rave and dote !
And plant their idols where their Lord should be !
Soon may we say, ' the heathen dream is past !
The worship of these human blocks of stone.
These heirs of Terminus, is failing fast !
By history and reason overthrown ;
On their hard fronts the sunrise strikes in vain,
No Memnon-chords have they in all their sorry grain !