The masts rise white to the stars, White on the night of the sky, Out of the water's night, And the stars lean down to them white Ah! how the stars seem nigh; How far away are the stars! And I too under the stars, Alone with the night again, And the water's monotone; I and the night alone, And the world and the ways of men Farther from me than the stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RAIN MUSIC by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. ECHO AND THE FERRY by JEAN INGELOW HIGH FLIGHT by JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR. ON THE DEATH OF A CAT by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SONNET PREFIXED TO 'NENNIO, OR A TREATISE OF NOBILITY' by EDMUND SPENSER A FORSAKEN GARDEN by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A HEART-HAUNTED HOME by JANE BARLOW |