March 1962Stars over the DordogneBY SYLVIA PLATHStars Over The DordogneStars are dropping thick as stones into the twiggy 1Picket of trees whose silhouette is darker 2Than the dark of the sky because it is quite starless. 3The woods are a well. The stars drop silently.4They seem large, yet they drop, and no gap is visible.Continue reading “Stars Over the Dordogne : Sylvia Plath : : Star Poems : :”
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The Embankment : T E Hulme : : Star Poems : :
The EmbankmentBY T. E. HULME(The fantasia of a fallen gentleman on a cold, bitter night.)Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy,In the flash of gold heels on the hard pavement.Now see IThat warmth’s the very stuff of poesy.Oh, God, make smallThe old star-eaten blanket of the sky,That I may fold it round me andContinue reading “The Embankment : T E Hulme : : Star Poems : :”
The More Loving One : W H Auden : : Star Poems ; :
The More Loving One : : : : W H Auden : : : 😦 1907 – 1973 ) Looking up at the stars, I know quite well 1That, for all they care, I can go to hell, 2But on earth indifference is the least 3We have to dread from man or beast. 4 HowContinue reading “The More Loving One : W H Auden : : Star Poems ; :”
Star Gazer : Louis MacNeice : : Star Poems : :
Louis MacNeice Star-GazerForty-two years ago (to me if to no one elseThe number is of some interest) it was a brilliant starry nightAnd the westward train was empty and had no corridorsSo darting from side to side I could catch the unwonted sightOf those almost intolerably brightHoles, punched in the sky, which excited me partlyContinue reading “Star Gazer : Louis MacNeice : : Star Poems : :”
A. E. Housman : Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall : : Star Poems : :
Stars : : A E Housman : : : : Stars, I have seen them fall, 1But when they drop and die 2No star is lost at all 3From all the star-sown sky. 4The toil of all that be 5Helps not the primal fault; 6 It rains into the sea, 7And still the sea isContinue reading “A. E. Housman : Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall : : Star Poems : :”
The Starlight Night : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Star Poems : :
The Starlight NightBY GERARD MANLEY HOPKINSLook at the stars! look, look up at the skies! O look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air!2 The bright boroughs, the circle-citadels there! 3Down in dim woods the diamond delves! the elves’-eyes! 4The grey lawns cold where gold, where quickgold lies! 5 Wind-beat whitebeam! airy abeles setContinue reading “The Starlight Night : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Star Poems : :”
Ah Moon – and Star! : Emily Dickinson : : Star Poems : :
Ah, Moon – and Star! Ah, Moon – and Star!You are very far –But – were no one farther than you –Do you think I’d stop for a firmament –Or a cubit – or so? I could borrow a Bonnet – of the Lark –And a Chamois’ Silver Boot –And a stirrup of an AntelopeContinue reading “Ah Moon – and Star! : Emily Dickinson : : Star Poems : :”
Bright Stars , Would I Were Steadfast As Thou Art : John Keats : Sonnet : : Star Poems : :
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou artBY JOHN KEATSBright star, would I were stedfast as thou art— 1 Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night 2 And watching, with eternal lids apart, 3 Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite,The moving waters at their priestlike task 5 Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores,Continue reading “Bright Stars , Would I Were Steadfast As Thou Art : John Keats : Sonnet : : Star Poems : :”
The Stars are Mansions Built by Nature’s Hand : William Wordsworth : Sonnet : : Star Poems : :
The Stars Are Mansions Built By Nature’s Hand Poem by William Wordsworth : : : : The stars are mansions built by Nature’s hand, 1And, haply, there the spirits of the blest 2Dwell, clothed in radiance, their immortal vest; 3Huge Ocean shows, within his yellow strand,A habitation marvellously planned, 5For life to occupy in loveContinue reading “The Stars are Mansions Built by Nature’s Hand : William Wordsworth : Sonnet : : Star Poems : :”
Not from the stars : Sonnet 14 : William Shakespeare : : Star Poems : :
Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck;And yet methinks I have astronomy, 2But not to tell of good or evil luck,Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons’ quality; 4Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,Or say with princes if it shall go well,By oft predict thatContinue reading “Not from the stars : Sonnet 14 : William Shakespeare : : Star Poems : :”
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