• Just as He spoke it from his Hands

    This Edifice remain —

    A Turret more, a Turret less

    Dishonor his Design —


    According as his skill prefer

    It perish, or endure —

    Content, soe'er, it ornament

    His absent character.

  • The Future — never spoke —

    Nor will He — like the Dumb —

    Reveal by sign — a syllable

    Of His Profound To Come —


    But when the News be ripe —

    Presents it — in the Act —

    Forestalling Preparation —

    Escape — or Substitute —


    Indifference to Him —

    The Dower — as...