When I heard the learned Astronomer
When i heard the learned astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wandered off by myself
In the mystical, moist night air, and from time to time
Looked up in perfect silence at the stars.
When the proofs, the figures were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wandered off by myself
In the mystical, moist night air, and from time to time
Looked up in perfect silence at the stars.
