Power + 

Power that is not of God, however great, + 

Is but the downward rushing and the glare + 

Of a swift meteor that hath lost its share + 

In the one impulse which doth animate + 

The parent mass: emblem to me of fate! + 

Which through vast nightly wastes doth onward fare, + 

Wild-eyed and headlong, rent away from prayer⁠— + 

A moment brilliant, then most desolate! + 

And, O my brothers, shall we ever learn + 

From all the things we see continually + 

That pride is but the empty mockery + 

Of what is strong in man! Not so the stern + 

And sweet repose of soul which we can earn + 

Only through reverence and humility! + 