I went out at night alone; The young blood flowing beyond the sea Seemed to have drenched my spirit's wings -- I bore my sorrow bitterly. But when I lifted up my head From shadows shaken on the snow, I saw Orion in the east Burn steadily as long ago. From windows in my father's house, Dreaming my dreams on winter nights I watched Orion as a girl Above another city's lights. . . . Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too, The world's heart breaks beneath its wars -- All things are changed, save in the east The faithful beauty of the stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SCHOOL BOY, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ETHELSTAN: RUNILDA'S CHANT by GEORGE DARLEY ON EXPLORATION by JAMES GALVIN CORINNA'S GOING A-MAYING by ROBERT HERRICK WEARINESS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE SULTANA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |