While walking through the trams and cars I chanced to look up at the sky, And saw that it was full of stars! So starry-sown! A man could not, With any care, have stuck a pin Through any single vacant spot. And some were shining furiously; And some were big and some were small; But all were beautiful to see. Blue stars and gold! A sky of grey! The air between, a velvet pall! I could not take my eyes away! And there I sang this little psalm Most awkwardly! Because I was Standing between a car and tram! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIENDS FOR OLD FRIENDS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SPARKLING AND BRIGHT by CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN SONNET: DEATH-WARNINGS by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS AMORETTI: 30 by EDMUND SPENSER AMORETTI: 70 by EDMUND SPENSER TO HELEN KELLER by FRANCES BEEBE |