Only a falling star! <br />What was it to him <br />If millions of mortals were <br />Hurled down the dim <br />Dark void to the abyss? <br />His world was this. <br />Only a falling star! <br />The Earth was sure <br />To outlive him at least: <br />Whatever were <br />Their fates who yonder passed, <br />His star would last! <br />Only a falling star! <br />What if some day <br />The Earth, as in a flash, <br />Too, passed away, <br />Would, say, a Mars-man sigh <br />As we flamed by? <br />Only a world gone out <br />With all its care — <br />God! but a speck at most <br />In Thy great air, <br />As 'twere an insect's breath <br />Breathed out in death.<br /><br />Robert Crawford<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/falling-stars-11/
