When I Heard the Learnd Astronomer

  When I heard the learnd 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 wanderd off by myself,
  In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
  Lookd up in perfect silence at the stars.