The glaring flame turned on depths, on heights, on suns, on stars,

On the interior and exterior of man or woman,

On the laws of Nature—on passive materials,

On what you called death—and what to you therefore was death,

As far as there can be death.

1. Laws for Creations,

For strong artists and leaders—for fresh broods of teachers, and perfect literats for America,

For diverse savans, and coming musicians.

2. There shall be no subject but it shall be treated with reference to the ensemble of the world, and the compact truth of the world—And no coward or copyist shall be allowed;

There shall be no subject too pronounced—All works shall illustrate the divine law of indirections;

There they stand—I see them already, each poised and in its place,

Statements, models, censuses, poems, dictionaries, biographies, essays, theories—How complete!

How relative and interfused! No one supersedes another;

They do not seem to me like the old specimens,