As to Stars

The prophet sage, good Emerson,

     Was right as all good sages are,

When he advised us every one

     To hitch our wagons to a star.

But all the stars I chance to know,

     And I know many more than one,

Won’t have a wagon, it’s too slow,

     They want an auto hitch or none.

May 4, ‘09

“Now that is the wisdom of a man, in every instance of his labor, to hitch his wagon to a star, and see his chore done by the gods themselves. That is the way we are strong, by borrowing the might of the elements. The forces of steam, gravity, galvanism, light, magnets, wind, fire, serve us day by day, and cost us nothing.”

“American Civilization” Ralph Waldo Emerson 1862