In the second stanza, the narrator tells us "never to forget/ The essential delight of the blood drawn from ageless springs/ Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth."
The "ageless springs" appear to be a metaphor for the Greek muses who were closely associated with the sacred springs of Helicon, Pirene, Castalia, Aganippe, and Hippocrene. It was said that from these springs originated the ageless wisdom of these muses of the arts, literature, and sciences. Accordingly, the muses were born from four sacred springs which sprang from the ground in Helicon (Source: The Esoteric Codex: Deities of Knowledge by Harold Burham).
Essentially, the narrator bids us to remember to cherish the expansive wisdom gleaned from the muses and wise people of old. He encourages us "Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother/ With noise and fog, the flowering of the spirit." Basically, the narrator warns us against letting our hectic daily lives block our path to personal growth and enrichment.
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