But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

Fiber optics got slammed last week,

Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law.

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

What has poster'ty done for us, That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?