“And one in heart, as one in blood, Shall all her peoples be; The hands of human brotherhood Shall clasp beneath the sea. “Through Orient seas, o’er Afric’s plain, And Asian mountains borne, The vigor of the Northern brain Shall nerve the world outworn. “From clime to clime, from shore to shore, Shall thrill the magic thread; The new Prometheus steals once more The fire that wakes the dead. “Earth, gray with age, shall hear the strain Which o’er her childhood rolled; For her the morning stars again Shall sing their song of old. “For, lo! the fall of Ocean’s wall, Space mocked and Time outrun! And round the world the thought of all Is as the thought of one!” O, reverently and thankfully The mighty wonder own! The deaf can hear, the blind may see, The work is God’s alone. Throb on, strong pulse of thunder! beat From answering beach to beach! Fuse nations in thy kindly heat, And melt the chains of each! Wild terror of the sky above, Glide tamed and dumb below! Bear gently, Ocean’s carrier dove, Thy errands to and fro! Weave on, swift shuttle of the Lord, Beneath the deep so far, The bridal robe of Earth’s accord, The funeral shroud of war! The poles unite, the zones agree, The tongues of striving cease; As on the Sea of Galilee, The Christ is whispering, “Peace!” After a few months of working, the cable became inoperative, but its success was a demonstrated fact, and in 1866 a new cable was laid by the aid of that monster steamer “The Great Eastern,” since which time the cable has become one of the great factors of modern civilization.