Orion

Charles Tennyson Turner

1808 to 1879

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By His great presence, Who is never far
And sword; but, most, my spirit was possest
In silence, when the busy day was done,
Nor shake thy frame of jewels; I have guessed
But earth-bound winds could not dismember thee.
How oft I've watched thee from the garden croft,
Shining with wondrous brilliancy aloft,
From his light-bearers, whether man or star.
Which held the frozen breath of land and sea,
At thy strange shape and function, haply felt
Yet broke and severed as the wind grew loud —
I've seen thee soar from out some snowy cloud,
The charm of that old myth about thy belt
And flickering like a casement 'gainst the sun: