Comet Lore: Halley's Comet in History and Astronomy

HALLEY’S COMET OF 1910, AS SEEN IN NEW YORK, LOOKING WESTWARD, DURING THE LATTER PART OF MAY.
EDWIN EMERSON
Author of “A History of the Nineteenth Century,” Etc.
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TO THE COMET
“Thereby Hangs a Tail.”— Shakespeare.
Lone wanderer of the trackless sky!
Companionless! Say, dost thou fly
Along thy solitary path,
A flaming messenger of wrath—