There Will Be StarsThere will be stars over the place forever;Though the house we loved and the street we loved are lost,Every time the earth circles her orbitOn the night the autumn equinox is crossed,Two stars we knew, poised on the peak of midnightWill reach their zenith; stillness will be deep;There will be stars over the place forever,There will be stars forever, while we sleep.

I know the stars by their names,Aldebaran, Altair,And I know the path they takeUp heaven's broad blue stair.I know secrets of menBy the look of their eyes,Their gray thoughts, their strange thoughtsHave made me sad and wise.But your eyes are dark to meThough they seem to call and call–I cannot tell if you love meOr do not love me at all.I know many things,But the years come and go,I shall die not knowingThe thing I long to know.

Oh, I could let the world go by,Its loud new wonders and its wars,BUt how will I give up the skyWhen winter dusk is set with stars?And I could let the cities go,Their changing customs and their creeds,–But oh, the summer rains that blowIn silver on the jewel-weeds!

Oh, I could let the world go by,Its loud new wonders and its wars,BUt how will I give up the skyWhen winter dusk is set with stars?And I could let the cities go,Their changing customs and their creeds,–In silver on the jewel-weeds!

On a midsummer night, on a night that was eerie with stars,In a wood too deep for a single star to look through,You led down a path whose turnings you knew in the darkness,But the scent of the dew-dripping cedars was all that I knew.I drank of the darkness, I was fed with the honey of fragrance,I was glad of my life, the drawing of breath was sweet;I heard your voice, you said, 'Look down, see the glow-worm!'It was there before me, a small star white at my feet.

V. Night Song At AmafiI asked the heaven of starsWhat I should give my love–It answered me with silence,Silence above.I asked the darkened seaDown where the fishers go–It answered me with silence,Silence below.Oh, I could give him weeping,Or I could give him song–But how can I give silence My whole life long?

There will be stars over the place forever;Though the house we loved and the street we loved are lost,Every time the earth circles her orbitOn the night the autumn equinox is crossed,Two stars we knew, poised on the peak of midnightWill reach their zenith; stillness will be deep;There will be stars over the place forever,There will be stars forever, while we sleep.

It is enough for me by day To walk the same bright earth with him; Enough that over us by night The same great roof of stars is dim. I do not hope to bind the wind Or set a fetter on the sea -- It is enough to feel his love Blow by like music over me.

I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings,A thirsty body, a tired heart And the unchanging ache of things,If I could make a single song As lovely and as full of light,As hushed and brief as a falling star On a winter night.