Primacy Of Mind
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Above the glow of molten steel,
The roar of furnace, forge, and shed,
Protectress of the City's weal,
Now, Learning rears her loftier head;
That Progress may at length descry
It lacks the clue to guide aright,
And, conscious of its blindness, cry
Unto the Muse, ``More light! More light!''
That Wealth may fitly yield the throne
To Letters, Science, artist-skill,
And Matter, willing subject, own
Mind must be lord and master still.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 429 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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