The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-11-06
Poetry.
For the Calcdonian.
One Bright Star!

o one bright star DER all the rest is crowned,
That giveth light the wide creation round;
I've watched it long-its halo bright and fairj
I've gazed and loved its beauty smiling there,
This beacon light through life = uneven way,
I've watched at eve, from eve till morning 3
rny,
A holy lustre, bright and ever clear,
Beams forth TO light and all the world to cheer.
o yes, this star is ever shining high,
A beacon bright to grace the moral sky.
OF all the stars that follow in the train
OF suns that set and moons that full and wnne;
OF all the stars that climb the eastern hight,
When firing sun chased on by wings of night
"A pillow finds and Gains itself TO rest
Mid distant hills far down the slopng west
OF all the stars that circle round the pole,
And shine through endless years as on they
OF all that shine along the southern sky
Now shine anon-now lay their sparkling by !
OF all the countless gems that ever play
In blind confusion down the Milky Way;
OF all these countless hosts that rule the night
A rival shines-a rivnrfair and bright.
o mourn thou then Arcturnus--ever proud
And hang thy head, TO beauty never bowed,
For o! thy queen in beauty bears away
The sceptre thou so long hast shined TO sway,
Orion, come with all thy jewelled mail,
Thy glitt'ring sword, thy girdle and the trail
OF smiling stars that gather round thy feet,
Which come and cluster there thy gaze to
meet,
o come thou boosted monarch of the skies,
And hithcr cast thy sword and jeweled guisc,
o come and lay thy glory at the feet
And doff thy crown, this prince of stars to
greet.
o daughters fair Of Pleiudcs, seated high
And throned with Hyndes far in yonder sky,
Toward whom Orion turns his eager gaze,
And beats his path along the starry ways,
o! meek eyed Pleades-proud of being meek,
The eyes of all the worlds your beauties speak,
Yet proud you grasp the gaze ofall the skies,
And cen tempt time to look on he flies,
But Pleiades fair, one star your fame outshines
And wears the crown for which your beauty
pines;
o! then we daughters bring your wreaths so
The stars have wove from gems and flow rcts
fair,
And cast in homage round your fancied
throne,
To tribute give your matchlcss charms to own,
o! bring these gems and wreaths as tribute
owned,
And yield them to the brightest star enthron.
cd;
o! come ye then with all your jcwelled prize,
That gathers round your seat in autumn skies,
Come bring your crowns and all your fame
aiar,
And cast your pride before this rival star;
o! keep not back, this rivals power you've
known,
Come pay your tribute and your homage own
And thou o! Algol who anon art bright
Who crown'st thy forehead fair with radiant
light,
Who wrapst thyself in shrouds of beaming
hue,
And wearst thy garments fair and bright and
new,
Who now anon this garb of light lays by,
And twinklest dim, now hid st thy feeble eye,
Who shut'st thy light with all thy glowing
fire,
Now Civ st it forth that..all who see admire;
But fairest star of ever varied hue
One farer shines this wide creation through,
o! come thou hither then on wings of light,
And bow thee low before this star so bright,
Bring all the stars that round Medusa cling,
And tinsel bright the throne of this your king,
This star o! man, hath ever lit thy path
And ever will, as thus it over hath.
1t guides the sailor on the painless deep,
And leads his barquc when other stars in sleep
Are wrapt within the dark and low ring clouds
To rest a space, bound in their sable shrouds.
1t guides the man on holy missions bound,
With arms oflight it ever clasps him round,
1t clears his path and ever giveth aid,
1t giveth joys that never, never fade;
o! who hath never felt and seen the bliss
No other star above can give but this'
o! man this star that ever shines above
Is Gods own star--tiS hearenIy, holy Lore.
Newbury, Oct %, 1847. A. NJ. w.