| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 713. Authority |
| | | By William Reed Huntington |
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| LAUNCHED upon ether float the worlds secure. | |
| Naught hath the truthful Maker to conceal. | |
| No trestle-work of adamant or steel | |
| Is that high firmament where these endure. | |
| Patient, majestic, round their cynosure | 5 |
| In secular procession see them wheel; | |
| Self-poised, but not self-centred; for they feel | |
| In each tense fibre one all-conquering lure. | |
| And need I fret me, Father, for that Thou | |
| Dost will the weightiest verities to swing | 10 |
| On viewless orbits? Nay, henceforth I cleave | |
| More firmly to the Credo; and my vow | |
| With readier footstep to thine altar bring, | |
| As one who counts it freedom to believe. | |
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