Contemplation of the Heavens
after Camille Flammarion
Innumerable worlds! We dream of them
Like the young girl dreaming
Who separates with regret from her cradle.
What cannot this adorable star
Announce to the tender & loving heart?
Is it the shy messenger
Of the happiness so long desired?
What secrets has it not surprised!
And who bears malice against it?
And yet, what is the earth?
Is not the great book of the heavens
Open for all to see?
Seek, talk, find out in your conversation.
Bill Manhire