A New Kind of Literary Pulse

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Classics African American Literature 20th Century  1 min

The Universe

Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.

Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.

Joshua Henry Jones, Jr. was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He published both prose and poetry, including Poems of Four Seas (1921) and By Sanction of Law (1924). Jones died on December 14, 1955, in Boston.

Count o'er the million leagues from here to yonder star.On then. On to the next count of a million more.Sum up the myriad gleams that light the night;Add too, the orbit where the cold bright moon doth soar.That done, return to earth and with thy mind outlineThat huge expanse called space; and then out from our HearseOf changing dust dream out the words — The Universe.