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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By William ReedHuntington

713 Authority

LAUNCHED upon ether float the worlds secure.

Naught hath the truthful Maker to conceal.

No trestle-work of adamant or steel

Is that high firmament where these endure.

Patient, majestic, round their cynosure

In secular procession see them wheel;

Self-poised, but not self-centred; for they feel

In each tense fibre one all-conquering lure.

And need I fret me, Father, for that Thou

Dost will the weightiest verities to swing

On viewless orbits? Nay, henceforth I cleave

More firmly to the Credo; and my vow

With readier footstep to thine altar bring,

As one who counts it freedom to believe.