Set me hill-high looking northward, Looking southward, west or east; Set me thrill-high to the night sky, When the rush of day has ceased. Let me watch now Perseus towering, Gentle mountain in the north; Let me see how great Arcturus, Like a watch-fire glistens forth. Let me measure the horizon -- Virgo, backward unto Aries; Let me reach, let me touch High Deneb, and old Antares. Raise an arm, bend it over. Move it slowly like a wand -- Marking there the Way, from Algol To the Cross, and beyond. Bring me back on chair or stretcher Bring me back to grief and pain -- I am strong, nothing matters -- I have seen the stars again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIENDS FOR OLD FRIENDS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS LAST LINES OF THOMAS INGOLDSBY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON [APRIL 6, 1862] by KATE BROWNLEE SHERWOOD ENDURANCE by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN |