Romantic Poetry in a World of Scientific Workshops

[dukealien]

Can't help thnking of Kingsley Amis's "The Green Man," wherein God (personified) replies to Maurice's grousing about how the world works with something on the lines of, "I'd like to see you do better, given the necessity of making a set of decisions that are not only unprecedented but irrevocable."

(Oh, here it is - Google is our friend - not quite as remembered, but close)