 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
FALLEN STARS.
I went into the night, and watched the skies,
And saw the starry wanderers on their way,
That nought could hasten and no storm could stay,
Rejoicing in the race each planet plies.
And saw the starry wanderers on their way,
That nought could hasten and no storm could stay,
Rejoicing in the race each planet plies.
I went into the world, and marked its cries,
The rapture of the battle and the play,
The hand that follows and the foot that flies,
Sweet lips that promise and refuse to pay.
The rapture of the battle and the play,
The hand that follows and the foot that flies,
Sweet lips that promise and refuse to pay.
But as I gazed and inspiration drank,
From heavenly radiance and from earthly rank,
The splendid spaces were with darkness strown:
From heavenly radiance and from earthly rank,
The splendid spaces were with darkness strown:
For in the skies I saw the stars go down,
And in the world I saw the souls that sank,
Between the consecration and the crown.
And in the world I saw the souls that sank,
Between the consecration and the crown.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |