Science + 

The winds of heaven trample down the pines + 

Or creep in lazy tides along the lea; + 

Lead the wild waters from the smitten rock. + 

Or crawl with childish babble to the sea; + 

But why the tempests out of heaven blow, + 

Or what the purpose of the seaward flow, + 

No man hath known, and none shall ever know. + 

Why seek to know? To follow nature up + 

Against the current of her course, why care? + 

Vain is the toil; he’s wisest still who knows + 

All science is but formulated prayer⁠— + 

Prayer for the warm winds and the quickening rain, + 

Prayer for sharp sickle and for laboring swain. + 

To gather from the planted past the grain. + 