I could be worse employed
Than as watcher of the void
Whose part should be to tell
What star if any fell.
Suppose some seed-pearl sun
Should be the only one,
Yet still I must report
Some cluster one star short.
I should justly hesitate
To frighten church or state
By announcing a star down
From say the Cross or Crown.
To make sure what star I missed
I should have to check on my list
Every star in sight.
It might take me all night.