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THE AËRONAUT
An aëronaut, who dwelt upon the moon
Of a huge planet which at night's full noon
From shadow and mystery anon and oft
Would loom in gold enormity aloft,
After long labours wrought a wondrous car,
Wherewith to journey toward that statelier star.
Of a huge planet which at night's full noon
From shadow and mystery anon and oft
Would loom in gold enormity aloft,
After long labours wrought a wondrous car,
Wherewith to journey toward that statelier star.
Alone he ventured, in audacious flight,
From world to world,—a task of peerless might!
From world to world,—a task of peerless might!
But when he had reached the star, at bland mid-day,
One of its giant habitants, who lay
Dreamily dozing near a summer sea,
With vast prone breast and mountainous crooked knee,
Deemed him some insect, troublous although small,
And brushed him to oblivion, car and all!
One of its giant habitants, who lay
Dreamily dozing near a summer sea,
With vast prone breast and mountainous crooked knee,
Deemed him some insect, troublous although small,
And brushed him to oblivion, car and all!
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