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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 78, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: From distant aeons was this earth ordain'd?
Last Line: The vision of the saviour of mankind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Love
First Line: From distant aeons was this earth ordain'd?
Last Line: The vision of the saviour of mankind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Love
From distant æons was this earth ordain'd
For Man his habitation and his throne.
Guided by Nature, and by Love constrain'd,
The greatest minds the unransom'd world had known
The Pagan creeds had one by one outgrown.
Light grew apace. Lo! streaming up the wind,
The vision of the Saviour of mankind.
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