STARS on the water,—on my soul, thine eyes; Thus for no sunlight shall I ask, nor dreams The moon sends floating down by phantom streams, If to the calm that on my spirit lies Thy starlight come interpreting the skies. Yea, even at noontide have I caught far themes Celestial glinting on me like the beams To which by night the troubled surge replies. Stars on the water, there is twilight now Upon my valleys, and the soft winds cease And in my heart, belovéd, there is peace! Lo, 'tis the trysting hour; unto thy gaze I lift the mirror of my soul and vow To keep thy light unclouded through the days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BIRTH OF VENUS by HAYDEN CARRUTH TO WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BLACK MAMMY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SHE WEEPS OVER RAHOON by JAMES JOYCE THE MARRIAGE (1) by TIMOTHY LIU DISMAL MOMENT PASSING by CLARENCE MAJOR |