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To Aeneas William Mackintosh / Thee, Mackintosh, artificer of light, / Thee, the lone smoker hails! the student, thee; / Thee, oft upon the ungovernable sea, / The seaman, conscious of approaching night; / Thou, with industrious fingers, hast outright / Mastered that art, of other arts the key, / That bids thick night before the morning flee, / And lingering day retains for mortal sight.
O Promethean workman, thee I hail, / Thee hallowed, thee unparalleled, thee bold / To affront the reign of sleep and darkness old, / Thee William, thee Aeneas, thee I sing; / Thee by the glimmering taper clear and pale, / Of light, and light's purveyance, hail, the king.