What Science Says to Truth

AS is the mainland to the sea,
Thou art to me;
Thou standest stable, while against thy feet
I beat, I beat!

Yet from thy cliffs so sheer, so tall,
Sands crumble and fall;
And golden grains of thee my tides each day
Carry away.

Media: <html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">What Science Says to Truth</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">AS is the mainland to the sea,</p><p class="line">Thou art to me;</p><p class="line">Thou standest stable, while against thy feet</p><p class="line">I beat, I beat!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Yet from thy cliffs so sheer, so tall,</p><p class="line">Sands crumble and fall;</p><p class="line">And golden grains of thee my tides each day</p><p class="line">Carry away.</p></div></body></html>