ALONE -- with one fair star for company, The loveliest star among the hosts of night, While the grey tide ebbs with the ebbing light -- I pace along the darkening wintry sea. Now round the yule-log and the glittering tree Twinkling with festive tapers, eyes as bright Sparkle with Christmas joys and young delight, As each one gathers to his family. But I -- a waif on earth where -- er I roam -- Uprooted with life's bleeding hopes and fears From that one heart that was my heart's sole home, Feel the old pang pierce through the severing years, And as I think upon the years to come That fair star trembles through my falling tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WIND AND WINDOW FLOWER by ROBERT FROST A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER by THOMAS MOORE METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 8. BAUCIS AND PHILEMON by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO |