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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 101, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: What of the suppliant hosts that time hath seen
Last Line: Makes us despair of all beyond our seeing!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Future
First Line: What of the suppliant hosts that time hath seen
Last Line: Makes us despair of all beyond our seeing!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Future
What of the suppliant hosts that Time hath seen,
Gather'd to rest with their devout desire?
The myriad myriads on this verge of green,
Still looking upward to the central fire?
The multitudes the Future shall inspire?—
Our utter insignificance of being
Makes us despair of all beyond our seeing!
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