XI
If the foolish call them ‘flowers,’Need the wiser tell?If the savans ‘classify’ them,It is just as well!
Those who read the RevelationsMust not criticiseThose who read the same editionWith beclouded eyes!
Could we stand with that old MosesCanaan denied,—Scan, like him, the stately landscapeOn the other side,—
Doubtless we should deem superfluousMany sciencesNot pursued by learnèd angelsIn scholastic skies!
Low amid that glad Belles lettresGrant that we may stand,Stars, amid profound Galaxies,At that grand ‘Right hand’!