| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Orion |
| | | Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–79) |
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| HOW oft I ’ve watch’d thee from the garden croft, | |
| In silence, when the busy day was done, | |
| Shining with wondrous brilliancy aloft, | |
| And flickering like a casement ’gainst the sun! | |
| I ’ve seen thee soar from out some snowy cloud, | 5 |
| Which held the frozen breath of land and sea, | |
| Yet broke and sever’d as the wind grew loud— | |
| But earth-bound winds could not dismember thee, | |
| Nor shake thy frame of jewels; I have guess’d | |
| At thy strange shape and function, haply felt | 10 |
| The charm of that old myth about thy belt | |
| And sword; but, most, my spirit was possess’d | |
| By His great Presence, Who is never far | |
| From his light-bearers, whether man or star. | |
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