ACTION

For ever stars are winging

Their swift and endless race;

For ever suns are swinging

Their mighty globes through space.

Since by his law required

To join God's spheres inspired,

The earth has never tired,

But whirled and whirled and whirled.

For ever streams are flowing,

For ever seeds are growing,

Alway is Nature showing

That Action rules the world.

And since by God requested

To BE, the glorious light

Has never paused or rested,

But travelled day and night.

Yet pigmy man, unseeing

The purpose of his being,

Demands escape and freeing

From universal force.

But law is law for ever,

And like a mighty lever

It thrusts him tow'rd endeavour,

And speeds him on his course.