The Universe
Joshua Henry Jones Jr.
Count o’er the million leagues from here to yonder star.
On then. On to the next count of a million more.
Sum up the myriad gleams that light the night;
Add too, the orbit where the cold bright moon doth soar.
That done, return to earth and with thy mind outline
That huge expanse called space; and then out from our Hearse
Of changing dust dream out the words – The Universe.
About this poem
“The Universe” was published in Joshua Henry Jones’s book “The Heart of the World” (The Stratford Co., 1919).
About Joshua Henry Jones Jr.
Joshua Henry Jones Jr. was born in Orangeburg, S.C. He published both prose and poetry, including “Poems of Four Seas” (1921) and “By Sanction of Law” (1924). Jones died on Dec. 14, 1955, in Boston.
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This poem is in the public domain. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
