On Commissary Goldie's Brains

On Commissary Goldie's Brains - meaning Summary

Human Intellect and Divine Mystery

This short poem addresses God in a single compact question about human intellect and its limits. The speaker concedes that no one can call the divine to account, yet wonders why God would enclose a "poor treasure" — the human brain or mind — within a "thick wall." The lines register humility before divine will while also highlighting the frustration or puzzlement of finite understanding trapped inside a protective, possibly isolating bodily barrier. It presents an ethical and metaphysical tension between acceptance of divine sovereignty and curiosity about human confinement.