To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower.
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
(一粒沙里有一个世界
一朵花里有一个天堂
把无穷无尽握于手掌
永恒宁非是刹那时光)
另一首是英国诗人蒲柏为牛顿写下的墓志铭:
Nature and nature’s law lay hid in light;
God said,let Newton be! And all was light.
(自然与自然规律为黑暗遮蔽
上帝说,请牛顿来!一切遂臻光明)