THE STARS OF DESTINY
Themidnight stars wheel in their courseThrough trackless vasts of space,And every distant sun’s a sourceOf motions taking placeBeyond the reach of eye or thought,Yet part of Heaven’s designIn order infinitely wroughtBy majesty divine.We cannot know the perfect planIn such a universe,Nor what its horoscope for man,Be it for good or worse;Enough the same law rules the starsAnd human destinies,And man the future makes or marsAs he observeth these;As he the lesson of the pastApplies to issues new,And makes experience forecastThe Fate which cometh trueBecause it is theTRUTHand movesThough oft in courses strange,And like the time-eternal proves,The stars that never change.
Themidnight stars wheel in their courseThrough trackless vasts of space,And every distant sun’s a sourceOf motions taking placeBeyond the reach of eye or thought,Yet part of Heaven’s designIn order infinitely wroughtBy majesty divine.We cannot know the perfect planIn such a universe,Nor what its horoscope for man,Be it for good or worse;Enough the same law rules the starsAnd human destinies,And man the future makes or marsAs he observeth these;As he the lesson of the pastApplies to issues new,And makes experience forecastThe Fate which cometh trueBecause it is theTRUTHand movesThough oft in courses strange,And like the time-eternal proves,The stars that never change.
Themidnight stars wheel in their courseThrough trackless vasts of space,And every distant sun’s a sourceOf motions taking placeBeyond the reach of eye or thought,Yet part of Heaven’s designIn order infinitely wroughtBy majesty divine.
Themidnight stars wheel in their course
Through trackless vasts of space,
And every distant sun’s a source
Of motions taking place
Beyond the reach of eye or thought,
Yet part of Heaven’s design
In order infinitely wrought
By majesty divine.
We cannot know the perfect planIn such a universe,Nor what its horoscope for man,Be it for good or worse;Enough the same law rules the starsAnd human destinies,And man the future makes or marsAs he observeth these;
We cannot know the perfect plan
In such a universe,
Nor what its horoscope for man,
Be it for good or worse;
Enough the same law rules the stars
And human destinies,
And man the future makes or mars
As he observeth these;
As he the lesson of the pastApplies to issues new,And makes experience forecastThe Fate which cometh trueBecause it is theTRUTHand movesThough oft in courses strange,And like the time-eternal proves,The stars that never change.
As he the lesson of the past
Applies to issues new,
And makes experience forecast
The Fate which cometh true
Because it is theTRUTHand moves
Though oft in courses strange,
And like the time-eternal proves,
The stars that never change.