@3Of the Madonna teaching the Divine Child geometry by figures drawn on the sand@1 (@3Merejkowski@1) STRAIGHT lines and circles, triangles and squares, With exact finger on the sand she draws, Marking how each new truth from its own cause Demonstrably arises, and prepares Place for more truth to follow; so, she bares The sacred and inevitable laws Which are his nature and design, and awes Him with his own perfection: the Child stares Rapt at each new device, while gravely flows The mighty theorem,—rapt into a fine Ecstasy at the argument prepared, And darkly now himself already knows The union of dimension, ideal line, Inclusive number, and the circle squared. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT FREDERICKSBURG [DECEMBER 13, 1862] by JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY ON THE ENGINE AGAIN by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE ENGINE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON LET ME FORGET by OMA CARLYLE ANDERSON IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: HOW SHALL I BUILD by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |