10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts
The Road Was Lit With Moon And Star
The Road was lit with Moon and star -
The Trees were bright and still -
Descried I - by the distant Light
A Traveller on a Hill -
To magic Perpendiculars
Ascending, though Terrene -
Unknown his shimmering ultimate -
But he indorsed the sheen -