Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GHOST STARS, by MADELEINE AARON First Line: Night thick with stars! The word infinity Last Line: "and proudly call them: ""deathless as a star." Subject(s): Stars | ||||||||
Night thick with stars! The word infinity Is grasped by finite me, Until I think of stars that ages past Burst into meteors: and yet they cast Their rays with those of living orbs tonight. Strangely they give their light, These long-dead stars that perished when the world Was but an infant planet to be whirled About a power-mad sun. So I am one With beams of ghost stars shining on my hand, Reflecting as I stand How lights burn on although their source is dust; Persist because they must; Like Plato's wisdom; like grave Dante's dream, Staying to gleam, Though sage and poet with the dead have slept These many centuries; and men have kept Long watch to see their lights that shine afar, And proudly call them: "Deathless as a star." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EPIC STARS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HYMN TO THE STARS by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE by JAMES GALVIN TO SEE THE STARS IN DAYLIGHT by JAMES GALVIN |
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