Fragment of a perfect plan <br />Is the mortal life of man: <br />Beauty alone can make it whole, <br />Beauty alone can help the soul <br />To labour over the island span <br />Lying between seas that roll <br />Darkly, forward and behind: <br />Beauty beatific will bind <br />The mortal and the immortal mind.<br /><br />Thomas MacDonagh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ideal-8/
