George Sterling Star Poems
- 1. The Ashes In The Sea
Whither, with blue and pleading eyes,-
Whither, with cheeks that held the light
Of winter's dawn in cloudless skies,
Evadne, was thy flight?
... - 2. Omnium Exeunt In Mysterium
The stranger in my gates-lo! that am I,
And what my land of birth I do not know,
Nor yet the hidden land to which I go.
One may be lord of many ere he die,
... - 3. Night Sentries
Ever as sinks the day on sea or land,
Called or uncalled, you take your kindred posts.
At helm and lever, wheel and switch, you stand,
On the world's wastes and melancholy coasts.
... - 4. Kindred
Musing, between the sunset and the dark,
As Twilight in unhesitating hands
Bore from the faint horizon's underlands,
Silvern and chill, the moon's phantasmal ark,
... - 5. A Legend Of The Dove
Soft from the linden's bough,
Unmoved against the tranquil afternoon,
Eve's dove laments her now:
“Ah, gone! long gone! shall not I find thee soon?”
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