Charles Darwin, Naturalist

Excerpt from Charles Darwin, Naturalist

O Rugged sage, strange confidant wert thou
Of Nature's choice to learn long secret lore,
Age-baffling riddles answerless before!
Ah, woman-like, she in the end must bow
To patience of pursuit, to constant vow,
To cunning study, yielding more and more,
To thy long siege, until the very core
Of her thought showed, invisible till now.

And thou art crowned with measureless acclaim
The greatest son of Science' brightest day,
To Newton's self at least co-equal fame:
Nay more, thou art a rock above the seas
Of superstition, and by thee the way
To a new church is given, and the keys!

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