Freedom and Truth

To a friend.


 * The shrine is vowed to freedom, but, my friend,
 * Freedom is but a means to gain an end.
 * Freedom should build a temple, but the shrine
 * Be consecrate to thought still more divine.
 * The human bliss which angel hopes foresaw
 * Is liberty to comprehend the law.
 * Give, then, thy book a larger scope and frame,
 * Comprising means and end in Truth's great name.