TWO stars are shining in the skies, Like twins they are united; They look like God's own beaming eyes In distant darkness lighted. Like tapers on the Sabbath eve That mother kindles for us— Are there then Sabbaths up on high And real eyes gleaming o'er us? If God Almighty's eyes they are, Their soft glance is caressing; But if they're only Sabbath lamps, Who will pronounce the blessing? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A SCREEN-MAKER by MARIANNE MOORE PEACE; A STUDY by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY EASTER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES SONNET: ON A FAMILY PICTURE by THOMAS EDWARDS AN HYMN OF HEAVENLY BEAUTY by EDMUND SPENSER |