Faith + 

Earth, if aught should check thy race, + 

Rushing through unfended space, + 

Headlong, stayless, thou wilt fall + 

Into yonder glowing ball!” + 

“Beggar of the universe, + 

Faithless as an empty purse! + 

Sent abroad to cool and tame, + 

Think’st I fear my native flame?” + 

“If thou never on thy track + 

Turn thee round and hie thee back, + 

Thou wilt wander evermore, + 

Outcast, cold⁠—a comet hoar!” + 

“While I sweep my ring along + 

In an air of joyous song, + 

Thou art drifting, heart awry, + 

From the sun of liberty!” + 