white-wing'd

Updated: January 4, 2026

Wouldst thou 'neath closer scrutiny dissolve In myriad suns that constellations frame, Round which life-freighted satellites revolve, Like those unnumbered orbs which nightly creep In dim procession o'er the azure steep, As white-wing'd caravans the desert sweep?

John L. (John Lawson) Stoddard - John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10): Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park