Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BLUE STARS AND GOLD, by JAMES STEPHENS


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BLUE STARS AND GOLD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: While walking through the trams and cars
Last Line: Standing between a car and tram!
Subject(s): Stars


While walking through the trams and cars
I chanced to look up at the sky,
And saw that it was full of stars!

So starry-sown! A man could not,
With any care, have stuck a pin
Through any single vacant spot.

And some were shining furiously;
And some were big and some were small;
But all were beautiful to see.

Blue stars and gold! A sky of grey!
The air between, a velvet pall!
I could not take my eyes away!

And there I sang this little psalm
Most awkwardly! Because I was
Standing between a car and tram!





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