Saw I great thundering trains run here and there, •
Spanning upon their level tracks of steel
The continents ; some are long caravans



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Of merchandise ; some, splendid palaces,
In which the happy occupants are whirled
Long journeys in the greatest luxury.
And wondering I saw enormous ships,
Deep bosomed, and unmoved by wind or wave,
like fleetest greyhounds they now cross the seas.
Dreaded no more.
And then meseemed I stood
Upon a hill, and it was night, and clear.
And yet I saw not the familiar stars.
For moving lights filled all the lower heavens.
As numerous as fireflies o'er the marsh.
Only the highest moved in glittering zones,
For east and west, or north and south they go.
Collision to avoid. The foremost light
Of each was clear, the rear was red, the right
Was yellow, blue the left, above was pink,
Below was green ; so that these shining ways
With seeming rainbow arches barrcyd the heavens.
Below, the lights were floating Iqsurely,



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Ascended or descended carefully.
One of these aeronautes wafted down
To where I stood ; the occupant bid me
To enter and be seated by his side.
Then it arose with motion unobserved,
Unless we looked on the receding earth,
Or felt the meeting breezes cool. Awhile
We sat in silence to enjoy the scene.
When my companion saw my wondering look.
He said, "You from those ancient times have come
When man was governed by environment,
Ere nature had been subjected to him,
Who, under God has now become supreme.
