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By The Way

Verses, Fragments, and Notes [by William Allingham]
Allingham, William (1824-1889)

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To-night, returning in my walk, I saw
The soft and lingering lines of sunset cloud,
The stars around the crescent moon; far west
Shone Venus, ere she went below the ridge.
Jove's planet lighted up north-eastern heaven
Hung 'neath the Twins, and thence with easy slant
I found Orion.
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