- Are God and Nature then at strife,
- That Nature lends such evil dreams?
- So careful of the type she seems,
- So careless of the single life;
- That I, considering everywhere
- Her secret meaning in her deeds,
- And finding that of fifty seeds
- She often brings but one to bear,
- I falter where I firmly trod,
- And falling with my weight of cares
- Upon the great world's altar-stairs
- That slope thro' darkness up to God,
- I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope,
- And gather dust and chaff, and call
- To what I feel is Lord of all,
- And faintly trust the larger hope.
Puisi ini ditulis oleh Alfred Tennyson dan telah dipublikasikan sebelum Charles Darwin menulis teori Evolusi tahun 1859. Frase Nature, red in tooth and claw sebanyak 56 kali diadopsi oleh penyair lain sebagai ungkapan yang mengetengahkan proses seleksi alam.
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