More Light! More Light!

 Primacy of Mind
by Alfred Austin 

Mens agitat molem. Aeneidos Lib. vi. 

 I.  Above the glow of molten steel,
 The roar of furnace, forge, and shed,
 Protectress of the City's weal,
 Now, Learning rears her loftier head; 

 II.  That Progress may at length descry
 It lacks the clue to guide aright,
 And, conscious of its blindness, cry
 Unto the Muse, "More light! More light!" 

 III.  That Wealth may fitly yield the throne
 To Letters, Science, artist-skill,
 And Matter, willing subject, own
 Mind must be lord and master still.