90 THE COMET. 



Questions | asliclr i\t Comet, 



(October 5, 1858). 



Wondrous wanderer, what art thou, 

 With thy most mysterious face ? 



Hast thou always been as now, 

 Traversing unmeasured space ? 



Art thou fluid ? art thou solid ? 



Younger than this earth, or older ? 

 Art thou sentient or stolid ? 



Hotter than this earth, or colder ? 



Art heavier than this earth, or lighter ? 



Should we, like men of old, adore thee "? 

 Art duller than this earth, or brighter ? 



Why dost thou drive thy tail before thee ? 



Art thou an entire stranger. 



Sent to tangle all their summing ? 



Dost thou prophecy of danger, 

 Or foretell a good time coming ? 



