Is Chance Supreme?

If once there stoo.l a duw' Bood, And time oouno I nol diurnaily, And boam of liglit from boundleas nigl't Wasordered nol supcrnally, And the, I.Mii-e no life-pulse was Or haart that throbbed paternally, Did Chance onmin tht snel) domaia ShoulrtnoteMst eternally? So then deviso the vaulted skies, And drft the he&venly Danopy AVitii diaii'''s of gütterlng gum Tu sp;ii"lcle in its panoply? Drajic the clondl in rapory slivoudi rj'u wavd in matchlesa majoatyi And striag the lyre of Xatiuc's chote To ohant ts hallowcd ininstrelay? n'ield tlie power in that same hour To roacü througbont iminity. Anl hold in place throiife'h bounlless space, The wonrtora that have entity? Oomtnand and cause all Nature's law To blend In perfect Iwnnony, Wltli all to cliime tlnough endless time J.ike bwect and eacred psalmodyï If rollcct. d. "■!■ n i That Chance will Bhape onr destiny, tea ving ft pall throvrn overall Of disnafll doubt and mystery? Does tmtling Spring no ttliuge bring Wlth all itii gorgeone pngeantry, Or Winter bleak no language speak Like that of a Divinity? While moments cllmb the mount of time, And oinvard roll suocesiTelyi Doe6 Chance control the human aoul And gttide it on progreseively? Hatli Chance designed man' glorloufl mind, Wlth all of its reality, And lailc it ily to realms on )v.gh To claim its immorLalily? Did Chanco design the noworlns vino,. Ani Bhades of nlght and mornlng, Wilh all tho scène that lies between, To iïive such biest adorninjr? O Chance, avaunt! thoii spectra gaunM AWfty witli such temerity! For tliou hnst not n sliadow got 01' any kind of verity.