Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COMFORT OF THE STARS, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: When I am overmatched by petty cares Last Line: My trouble merged in wonder and in love. Subject(s): Earth; Hearts; Life; Love; Planets; Stars; World | ||||||||
WHEN I am overmatched by petty cares And things of earth loom large, and look to be Of moment, how it soothes and comforts me To step into the night and feel the airs Of heaven fan my cheek; and, best of all, Gaze up into those all-uncharted seas Where swim the stately planets: such as these Make mortal fret seem light and temporal. I muse on what of Life may stir among Those spaces knowing naught of metes nor bars; Undreamed-of dramas played in outmost stars, And lyrics by archangels grandly sung. I grow familiar with the solar runes And comprehend of worlds the mystic birth: Ringed Saturn, Mars, whose fashion apes the earth, And Jupiter, the giant, with his moons. Then, dizzy with the unspeakable sights above, Rebuked by Vast on Vast, my puny heart Is greatened for its transitory part, My trouble merged in wonder and in love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS GEOMETAPHYSICS by MARGARET AVISON NIAGARA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOPHISTICATION by CONRAD AIKEN I SEE CHILE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR by AGHA SHAHID ALI WASHING OUR HANDS OF THE REST OF AMERICA by MARVIN BELL THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING by LUCILLE CLIFTON BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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