The telescope is a product

Of all of man’s designs

From math and art to chemistry

The collective brain aligns.

 

From ancient times the oldest science

Has handed down to youth

Fables meant to bide the time

While searching for the truth.

 

The state of art in all the fields

Of our technology

Are simply spin-offs of the quest

To help our eyes to see.

 

Lying just beyond the edge

Of visibility

Are many brilliant, wondrous things

That tease our eyes to see.

 

The telescope did not evolve

By accident or chance

And where we find ourselves today

Is not by circumstance.

 

The master plan’s unfolding

With every day and night

It started very long ago

With just a speck of light.

 

 

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