Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CORONA BOREALIS, by INEZ BARCLAY KIRBY


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CORONA BOREALIS, by                    
First Line: I lie tonight beside the quiet sea
Last Line: Oh, search this shore and miss me, starry crown.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime


I lie tonight beside the quiet sea
And watch the constellations wing through space;
Alone, Corona holds her lofty place,
Her tempered jewels gleaming down at me.
O Wreath of Stars, what hand of Majesty
Stationed your gems with such consummate grace?
What mystery troubles every upturned face
That ponders your unchanging symmetry?

I claim some subtle kinship, though your light
Has journeyed tireless toward me through the skies
Age after age until it reached my eyes
And found its wondering welcome here tonight.
And when my soul has laid its burden down,
Oh, search this shore and miss me, Starry Crown.





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