Said I: "See yon vast heaven shine,--
 What earthly sight diviner?
Before such radiant Design
 Why doubt Designer?"
 
Said he: "Design is just a thought
 In human cerebration,
And meaningless if Man is not
 Part of creation.

"But grant Design,--we may imply
 The job took toil aplenty;
Then why one sole designer, why
 Not ten or twenty.

"But should there be one Source supreme
 Of matter and of motion,
Why mould it like our man-machine
 For daft devotion?"

Said I: "You may be right or wrong,
 I'll seek not to discover . . .
I listen to yon starry song,--
 Still, still God's lover."