Comet, 1901.

New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 1 August 1901, Page 855

Comet, 1901.

Wandering Light ! Hurtling from fathomless depths of Space, Rushing on, startless, endless race ; Flashing across our Sky's dark face — So brief and bright ! Art thou, 0 Star, Herald from Solar Systems bright, Sunk in the depths of Eternal Night, Hidden from gauge of mortal sight — Circling afar ?

Could'st thoa but view When thou art coursing far away, Far from the glow of our little day, Far from our Day Lord's waning ray — Those clusters new, For thee would rise Galaxies gleaming in Sapphire sheen, Ruby and Torquoise, Emerald Green, Gleaming, alas ! to be never seen By human eyes.

Uncreate Might ! Who, as the iEon ages rolled, This mighty Universe controlled, Guiding each star of burnished gold — Be Thou our Light.

T. W. Davis