Poems (Helen Jenkins)/Via Lactea

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VIA LACTEA.
When night her canopy unfolds,This wonder every eye beholds.—A pathway through the heavens broad;Even the footprints of our God!
When first the stars together sang,And the whole host exultant rang,His holy feet this pathway traced,Which age on age hath ne'er effaced.
His power the mighty plan defined,—Millions of shining orbs combinedTheir dazzling light; planet and sunThrough infinite space together run.
The eye of man, unaided, sought in vainTheir mingled light to separate, explain.His bold research the telescope assists,And now resolves those brilliant, shining mists.
Whene'er we scan the starry sky, we seeNew forms of grandeur and immensity.At every point, such glorious truths unroll,Amazement, wonder overwhelms the soul!
He whom alone the heavenly hosts obey,Ordained the sun to be our light by day.He gives the moon and stars their lesser lightTo illuminate and beautify the night.
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