Song + 

V + 

Wonder and Ignorance + 

Who knoweth not how near the pole + 

Bootes’ course doth go, + 

Must marvel by what heavenly law + 

He moves his Wain so slow; + 

Why late he plunges ’neath the main, + 

And swiftly lights his beams again. + 

When the full-orbèd moon grows pale + 

In the mid course of night, + 

And suddenly the stars shine forth + 

That languished in her light, + 

Th’ astonied nations stand at gaze, + 

And beat the air in wild amaze. + 

None marvels why upon the shore + 

The storm-lashed breakers beat, + 

Nor why the frost-bound glaciers melt + 

At summer’s fervent heat; + 

For here the cause seems plain and clear, + 

Only what’s dark and hid we fear. + 

Weak-minded folly magnifies + 

All that is rare and strange, + 

And the dull herd’s o’erwhelmed with awe + 

At unexpected change. + 

But wonder leaves enlightened minds, + 

When ignorance no longer blinds. + 