WERE I a star, I would not shine Save when my Love was looking forth With star-like eyes, surpassing fine And clustered glories of the north. And if a ray from me should sink Upon her face, her peerless breast, It could not tremble on the brink Of deeper lustre, truer rest. Ah, surely, if her gleaming hand Should prison this one summer night, I might come down to wonderland, Made mortal, to regain my light! Were I a star, I would not shine Save when my Love looked up to see Star flash to star a silver sign That she was searching heaven for me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOOTLIGHT MOTIFS: 2. PHOEBE FOSTER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS EPIGRAM by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS THE LAY OF THE LEVITE by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN STANZAS, ON THE DEATH OF LIEUT. P. by BERNARD BARTON THE DIVAGATOR by GAMALIEL BRADFORD THE WEDDING FEAST: 6 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |