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BENJAMIN PEIRCE: ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN. 
1809-1880. 
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 
For him the Architect of all 
Unroofed our planet’s starlit hall ; 
Through voids unknown to worlds unseen 
His clearer vision rose serene. 
With us on earth he walked by day, 
His midnight path how far away! 
We knew him not so well who knew 
The patient eyes his soul looked through ; 
For who his untrod realm could share 
Of us that breathe this mortal air, 
Or camp in that celestial tent 
Whose fringes gild our firmament ? 
How vast the workroom where he brought 
The viewless implements of thought! 
The wit how subtle, how profound, 
That Nature’s tangled webs unwound ; 
That through the clouded matrix saw 
The crystal planes of shaping law, 
Through these the sovereign skill that planned,— 
The Father’s care, the Master’s hand! 
To him the wandering stars revealed 
The secrets in their cradle sealed : 
The far-off, frozen sphere that swings 
Through ether, zoned with lucid rings; 
