These verses were written for the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Philadelphia and read at their meeting, December 8, 1917.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Shushan—the royal city.
A MEDITATION ON THE SUN
I
Come, let us think upon the great that came
Our spiritual solar-kings, whose fame
Is quenchless in the lands of mental light,
High planets in the vast historic game:
Youths from the sky, they came in splendid flight.