Poem★★★
Hast thou ne’er seen the comet’s flaming flight? Th’ illustrious stranger passing, terrors sheds On gazing nations, from his fiery train Of length enormous; takes his ample round Through depths of ether; coasts unnumbered worlds, Of more than solar glory ; doubles wide Heaven’s mighty cape; and then revisits earth, From the long travel of a thousand years! Thus, at the destined period, shall return He, once on earth, who bids the comet blaze.
— Young
The point
A poem describing a comet's long journey through the heavens and its return after a thousand years, suggesting the eventual return of Christ.
Scripture
Matthew 24:30
Audience
Adults
Tone
Awe-Struck · Reflective
To tell aloud
under a minute · 74 words