| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Selected Sonnets.
V. The Stars | | By Henry Ellison (1811–1880) |
| | (From “Mad Moments”)
THE STARS come forth, a silent hymn of praise | |
| To the great God, and shining every one, | |
| Make up the glorious harmony, led on | |
| By Hesperus their Chorister; each plays | |
| A part in the grand concert with its rays, | 5 |
| And yet so stilly, modestly, as none | |
| Claimed to himself ought of the good thus done | |
| By all together, mingled in soft blaze. | |
| Each has his path, there moves unerringly, | |
| Nor seeks for empty fame, do we as they. | 10 |
| Let each soul lend its utmost light, each play | |
| In the grand concert of Humanity | |
| Its destined part;—then mankind on its way | |
| Shall move as surely as those stars on high. | | | | |
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