{"id":1493,"date":"2013-07-13T01:35:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:35:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:35:10","slug":"24-a-vision-of-science-vol-05-collected-poems-volume-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/05-collected-poems-volume-05\/24-a-vision-of-science-vol-05-collected-poems-volume-05","title":{"rendered":"-24_A Vision of Science.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nA
\nVision of Science<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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I
\ndreamed that in myself the world I saw,
\nWherein three Angels strove for mastery. Law
\nWas one, clear vision and denial cold,
\nYet in her limits strong, presumptuous, bold;
\nThe second with enthusiasm bright,
\nFlame in her heart but round her brows the night,
\nFaded as this advanced. She could not bear
\nThat searching gaze, nor the strong chilling air
\nThese thoughts created, nourishing our parts
\nOf mind, but petrifying human hearts.
\nScience was one, the other gave her name,
\nReligion. But a third behind them came,
\nVeiled, vague, remote, and had as yet no right
\nUpon the world, but lived in her own light.
\nWide were the victories of the Angel proud
\nWho conquered now and in her praise were loud
\nThe nations. Few even yet to the other clove,
\n<\/span>\u2013<\/font><\/p>\n

And
\nsome were souls of night and some were souls of love. <\/p>\n

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But
\nthis was confident and throned. Her heralds ranged <\/p>\n

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Claiming
\nthat night was dead and all things changed; <\/p>\n

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For
\nall things opened, all seemed clear, seemed bright
\n\u2013<\/font> <\/p>\n

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Save
\nthe vast ranges that they left in night.<\/b>
\nHowever, the light they shed upon the earth
\nWas great indeed, a firm and mighty birth.
\nA century\u2019s progress lived before my eyes.<\/b>
\nDelivered from amazement and surprise,
\nMan\u2019s spirit measuring his worlds around
\nThe laws of sight divined and laws of sound.<\/b>
\nLight was not hidden from its searching gaze,
\nNor matter could deny her myriad maze
\nTo the cold enquiry; for the far came near,
\nThe small loomed large, the intricate grew clear.<\/b> <\/p>\n

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Measuring
\nand probing the strong Angel strode, <\/p>\n

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Dissolving
\nand combining, till she trod
\nFirmly among the stars, could weigh their forms, <\/p>\n

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Foretold
\nthe earthquakes, analysed the storms.
\nDoubt seemed to end and wonder\u2019s reign was closed.
\nThe stony pages of the earth disclosed <\/p>\n

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\n42<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nTheir unremembered secrets.<\/b> Horses of steam
\nWere bitted and the lightnings made a team
\nTo draw our chariots. <\/b>Heaven was scaled at last <\/p>\n

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And
\nthe loud seas subdued. <\/b>Distance resigned
\nIts strong obstructions to the mastering mind.<\/b>
\nSo moved that spirit trampling; then it laid
\nIts hand at last upon itself, how this was made <\/p>\n

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Wondering,
\nand sought to class and sought to trace <\/p>\n

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Mind
\nby its forms, the wearer by the dress.<\/b>
\nThen the other arose and met that spirit robust, <\/p>\n

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Who
\nlaboured; she now grew a shade who must <\/p>\n

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Fade
\nwholly away, yet to her fellow cried,
\n\u201cI pass, for thou hast laboured well and wide. <\/p>\n

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Thou
\nthinkest term and end for thee are not;
\nBut thoueih thy pride is great, thou hast forgot <\/p>\n

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\nThe Sphinx that waits for man beside the way.
\n<\/b>All questions thou mayst answer, but one day
\nHer question shall await thee. <\/b>That reply,
\nAs all we must; for they, who cannot, die.<\/b>
\nShe slays them and their mangled bodies lie
\nUpon the highways of eternity.<\/b>
\nTherefore, if thou wouldst live, know first this thing, <\/p>\n

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Who
\nthou art in this dungeon labouring.<\/b>\u201d
\nAnd Science confidently, \u201cNothing am I but earth, <\/p>\n

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Tissue
\nand nerve and from the seed a birth,
\nA mould, a plasm, a gas, a little that is much.
\n<\/b>In these grey cells that quiver to each touch
\nThe secret lies of man; they are the thing called I.<\/b> <\/p>\n

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Matter
\ninsists and matter makes reply.
\n<\/b>Shakespeare was this; this force in Jesus yearned <\/p>\n

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And
\nconquered by the cross; this only learned<\/span><\/p>\n

The
\nsecret of the suns that blaze afar;
\nThis was Napoleon\u2019s giant mind of war.\u201d<\/b>
\nI heard and marvelled in myself to see
\nThe infinite deny infinity.<\/b>
\nYet the weird paradox seemed justified;
\nEven mysticism shrank out-mystified.
\nBut the third Angel came and touched my eyes;
\nI saw the mornings of the future rise,
\nI heard the voices of an age unborn <\/p>\n

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\n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n

\nThat
\ncomes behind us and our pallid morn,
\nAnd from the heart of an approaching light
\nOne said to man, \u201cKnow thyself infinite,
\nWho shalt do mightier miracles than these, <\/p>\n

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Infinite,
\nmoving mid infinities.<\/b>\u201d
\nThen from our hills the ancient answer pealed, <\/p>\n

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\u201cFor
\nThou, O Splendour, art myself concealed, <\/p>\n

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And
\nthe grey cell contains me not, the star
\nI outmeasure and am older than the elements are.<\/b> <\/p>\n

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Whether
\non earth or far beyond the sun,
\nI, stumbling, clouded, am the Eternal One.<\/b>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n
\nImmortal
\nLove<\/a><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If
\nI had wooed thee for thy colour rare, <\/p>\n

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Cherished
\nthe rose in thee
\nOr wealth of Nature\u2019s brilliants in thy hair, <\/p>\n

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    O
\nwoman fair,
\nMy love might cease to be.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Or,
\nhad I sought thee for thy virtuous youth <\/p>\n

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And
\ntender yearning speech,
\nThy swift compassion and deliberate truth, <\/p>\n

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     O
\nheart of ruth,
\nTime might pursue, might reach.<\/b>
\n <\/p>\n

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But
\nI have loved thee for thyself indeed <\/p>\n

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And
\nwith myself have snared; <\/p>\n

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Immortal
\nto immortal I made speed. <\/p>\n

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     Change
\nI exceed
\nAnd am for Time prepared.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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