Persian, you rise br Aflame from climes of sacrifice br Where adulators sue, br And prostrate man, with brow abased, br Adheres to rites whose tenor traced br All worship hitherto. br br Arch type of sway, br Meetly your over-ruling ray br You fling from Asia's plain, br Whence flashed the javelins abroad br Of many a wild incursive horde br Led by some shepherd Cain. br br Mid terrors dinned br Gods too came conquerors from your Ind, br The book of Brahma throve; br They came like to the scythed car, br Westward they rolled their empire far, br Of night their purple wove. br br Chemist, you breed br In orient climes each sorcerous weed br That energizes dream-- br Transmitted, spread in myths and creeds, br Houris and hells, delirious screeds br And Calvin's last extreme. br br What though your light br In time's first dawn compelled the flight br Of Chaos' startled clan, br Shall never all your darted spears br Disperse worse Anarchs, frauds and fears, br Sprung from these weeds to man? br br But Science yet br An effluence ampler shall beget, br And power beyond your play-- br Shall quell the shades you fail to rout, br Yea, searching every secret out br Elucidate your ray.