Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I OWN A STAR, by J. W. HAND


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First Line: All day long on a white hospital cot
Last Line: Will the light of it fade nor the hope it will give.
Subject(s): Hope; Optimism


All day long on a white hospital cot,
Lonely, discouraged, bemoaning my lot,
The sky overcast, ever threatening rain,
And night coming on with its gray pall again
Like a lowered curtain that shuts out the light,
And with dim fitful dreams repeoples the night.

Friends of the day seemed to have drifted afar,
When lo, in the sky, a lone twinkling star,
(In the span of a window, framed into space,)
Gleamed a bright friendly light in the place
Where had been clouds no sun rays could rift,
And that pin point of light seemed God's loving gift.

Ah, now I know why God so many stars made—
(To cheer when lonely, give hope when afraid.)
I fancy they are eyes looking down from above;
Our guardian angels, broadcasting God's love,
And never, no never, as long as I live
Will the light of it fade nor the hope it will give.





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