Magellan
( God's shadow and man's authority )
O grand Magellan, fixing thy firm gaze
Upon God's shadow in the upper sky,
While Churchmen call thy faith impiety,
And hurl their curse along the ocean ways
Thy keel is cutting toward the west, where blaze
New constellations over unknown seas, and lie
Worlds undiscovered in a mystery
Unlifted, though the ages pass like days!
" The world is flat, for so the Scriptures read! "
" Nay! " cries the hero. " In the moon's eclipse,
The earth's round shadow on its face I see!
I read God's works, which are his book indeed,
And trust the hint that falleth from his lips
More than all man's infallibility. "
O grand Magellan, fixing thy firm gaze
Upon God's shadow in the upper sky,
While Churchmen call thy faith impiety,
And hurl their curse along the ocean ways
Thy keel is cutting toward the west, where blaze
New constellations over unknown seas, and lie
Worlds undiscovered in a mystery
Unlifted, though the ages pass like days!
" The world is flat, for so the Scriptures read! "
" Nay! " cries the hero. " In the moon's eclipse,
The earth's round shadow on its face I see!
I read God's works, which are his book indeed,
And trust the hint that falleth from his lips
More than all man's infallibility. "
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