"FOR I DIPT INTO THE FUTURE, FAR AS HUMAN EYE COULD SEE,
"SAW THE VISION OF THE WORLD, AND ALL THE WONDER THAT WOULD BE;
"SAW THE HEAVENS FILL WITH COMMERCE. ARGOSIES OF MAGIC SAILS,
"PILOTS OF THE PURPLE TWILIGHT, DROPPING DOWN WITH COSTLY BALES;
"HEARD THE HEAVENS FILL WITH SHOUTING, AND THERE RAIN'D A GHASTLY DEW
"FROM THE NATIONS' AIRY NAVIES GRAPPLING IN THE CENTRAL BLUE;
"FAR ALONG THE WORLD-WIDE WHISPER OF THE SOUTH-WIND RUSHING WARM,
"WITH THE STANDARDS OF THE PEOPLES PLUNGING THRO' THE THUNDER-STORM;
"TILL THE WAR-DRUM THROBB'D NO LONGER, AND THE BATTLE-FLAGS WERE FURL'D
"IN THE PARLIAMENT OF MAN, THE FEDERATION OF THE WORLD,
"THERE THE COMMON SENSE OF MOST SHALL HOLD A FRETFUL REALM IN AWE,
"AND THE KINDLY EARTH SHALL SLUMBER, LAPT IN UNIVERSAL LAW."