Show SECOND PRIZE The lifeless stone that seems so still When viewed by mortal eyes Is found to be composed of worlds Like those that gem the skies And each one like this earth of ours Without a moments moment's pause Moves round its little sun thought J Obeying those same laws That guide the planets in their course Preserving each a world Without which laws all things would be beIn beIn beIn In wild confusion hurled All things in nature move and change Exist and pass away aay Each struts its hour upon the stage And ends its little play The human heart obeys these laws Of change it casts away d I Its cherished idols and forgets Its toys of yesterday Demand |