'\White star! that travellest at old Maggie's pace About my field, where'er a wandering mouth, And foot, that slowly shifts from place to place, Conduct thee, -- East or West, or North or South; A loving eye is my best chart to find Thy whereabouts at dawn or dusk; but when She dreams at noon, with heel a-tilt behind, And pendent lip, I mark thee fairest then; I see thee dip and vanish, when she rolls On earth, supine; then with one rousing shake Reculminate; but, most, thou lovest to take A quiet onward course -- Heaven's law controls The mild, progressive motion thou dost make, Albeit thy path is scarce above the mole's. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RHYME FOR A CHILD VIEWING A NAKED VENUS IN A PAINTING by ROBERT BROWNING A SONG FROM THE COPTIC by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE ON FIRST ENTERING WESTMINSTER ABBEY by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY THE CONVERGENCE OF THE TWAIN; LINES ON LOSS OF THE TITANIC by THOMAS HARDY THE WIND IN A FROLIC by WILLIAM HOWITT |