The infinite shining heavens Rose and I saw in the night Uncountable angel stars Showering sorrow and light. I saw them distant as heaven, Dumb and shining and dead, And the idle stars of the night Were dearer to me than bread. Night after night in my sorrow The stars stood over the sea, Till lo! I looked in the dusk And a star had come down to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHILD AND HER STATUE by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE CHARIOT by EMILY DICKINSON THE VOICE OF SPRING by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS LUCY (5) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH SONNET: AT STRATFORD-UPON-AVON by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |