The night has thrown her mantle, and her stars Come shining on us, singing from afar Of God and holy things within His hand; We know not what, but feeling, understand The song that we may sing, the joy impart; So those who ask for bread we give -- a heart. And loving (as the wild winds kiss the rose) All things, we feel a love around us close. Tread lightly -- shake the harmony of all By one misstep? A singing star will fall! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PASSER-BY by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES APPARITIONS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO THE PRESIDENT OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES ON THE SINKING OF THE VICTORIA by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |