Classic Poem

Star of my Love! unmarked of late,
Again on thee my eyes I bend
Celestial messenger of Fate
What thoughts on thy bright path attend!
Evil or Good dost thou portend?
Pleasure or Pain? or Love or Hate?
Alas! how fondly do we blend
Our Earthly with thy heavenly state
What hopes what fears to thee ascend
Star of my Love!

Star of my Love! I gaze on thee
As though upon thy sparkling brow
I saw what thou alone canst see
The look of Her, who even now
Recalls the sad and solemn vow
Long since breathed for — though not to me,
I need not utter when or how. ...
Thou didst receive it silently —
As thus to Thee my heart I bow
Star of my Love!