| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1325. As Some Mysterious Wanderer of the Skies |
| | | By Henry Jerome Stockard |
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| AS some mysterious wanderer of the skies, | |
| Emerging from the deeps of outer dark, | |
| Traces for once in human ken the arc | |
| Of its stupendous curve, then swiftly flies | |
| Out through some orbit veiled in space, which lies | 5 |
| Where no imagination may embark,— | |
| Some onward-reaching track that God did mark | |
| For all eternity beneath his eyes,— | |
| So comes the soul forth from Creation’s vast; | |
| So clothed with mystery moves through mortal sight; | 10 |
| Then sinks away into the Great Unknown. | |
| What systems it hath seen in all the past, | |
| What worlds shall blaze upon its future flight | |
| Thou knowest, eternal God, and thou alone! | |
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