The Universe by Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend October 17, 2015   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.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “The Universe” was published in Jones’s book The Heart of the World (The Stratford Co., 1919).   Joshua Henry Jones, Jr. was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He published both prose and poetry, including Poems of Four Seas (1921) and By Sanction of Law (1924). Jones died on December 14, 1955, in Boston.   Portrait by Robert Thomas Kerlin, from the New York Public Library Digital Collections Poetry by Jones   The Heart of the World (Kessinger Publishing, 2008) "The Evening Star" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "The Falling Star" by Sara Teasdale "A Clear Midnight" by Walt Whitman Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038