XVI

Untilled, unknown, the trackless regions spread

Which Thought, belated wanderer, doth tread,

Where, like river flashing through the night,

The milky way its myriad star-foam shed.

XVII

Cast from what vital source—what teeming brain?

By blind persistent force—from fiery rain?

Suns, moons, and stars, transmuted, globed, and hung—

The dew of Space upon its blue campaign: