Celestial Urania
Thy wonders we would know -
Those mysteries and marvels which
Alone inspire us so
That nightly from this Earthly sphere
We try to comprehend
Thy Universe as infinite,
And ages without end.
O beautiful Urania,
As thus we look afar,
And night across the awful gulf
Between us and that star
Which we have all found of all thy host
The nearest one to be
How can we then but stand appalled
By thy profundity?
O Heavenly Urania
In numberless array
Thy suns and system scintillate
Throughout the vast display,
The clusters and the nebulae,
The Galaxy and all,
But midst this cosmic throng appears
Our world, remote and small!
Celestial Urania
With thee can nought compare
Thy magnitudes transcend all thought,
Thy view sublimely fair;
O heavenly Urania,
Be ever this our aim:
To love, serve, honour, study thee -
Thy Science to proclaim.
Frederick Charles Leonard
J.RAS.C. October, 1923
