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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TOURNAMENT by SIDNEY LANIER NIGHT, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE BEREAVED by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY NEURASTENIA by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON EL HOMBRE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS QUATRAIN: FROM EASTERN SOURCES: 2 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH GREAT BRITTAINES SUNNES-SET by WILLIAM BASSE SONGS OF MIRZA SCHAFFY, SELECTION by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT |