The spirit sustains the stone  

EVOLUTION

Tides in the ocean of stars and the infinite rhythm of space;
Cycles on cycles of aeons adrone on an infinite beach;
Pause and recession and flow, and each atom of dust in its
place
In the pulse of eternal becoming; no error, no breach
But the calm and the sweep and the swing of the leisurely,
measureless roll
Of the absolute cause, the unthwarted effect-and no
haste,
And no discord, and nothing untimed in a calculus ruling
the whole;
Unfolding; evolving; accretion; attrition; no waste. Read the rest of this entry »