Self is thy basic creed, Philosophy! —To make the Will invulnerably whole, To glory in Man, god of the years to be! His Will that would all thought, all power control. How frail a superstructure for the Soul! Can that Intelligence which made the Will No loftier sapience than this instil? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN I RISE UP by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON AT THE ZOO IN SPAIN by CLARENCE MAJOR CANTICLE OF THE RACE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |