Epigraph
TO THE COMET
“Thereby Hangs a Tail.”—Shakespeare.
Lone wanderer of the trackless sky!
Companionless! Say, dost thou fly
Along thy solitary path,
A flaming messenger of wrath—
Warning with thy portentous train
Of earthquake, plague and battle-plain?
Some say that thou dost never fail
To bring some evil in thy tail.
W. Lattey.