'Are you awake, Gemelli, <br />This frosty night?' <br />'We'll be awake till reveillé, <br />Which is Sunrise,' say the Gemelli, <br />'It's no good trying to go to sleep: <br />If there's wine to be got we'll drink it deep, <br />But rest is hopeless to-night, <br />But rest is hopeless to-night.' <br /> <br />'Are you cold too, poor Pleiads, <br />This frosty night?' <br />'Yes, and so are the Hyads: <br />See us cuddle and hug,' say the Pleiads, <br />'All six in a ring: it keeps us warm: <br />We huddle together like birds in a storm: <br />It's bitter weather to-night, <br />It's bitter weather to-night.' <br /> <br />'What do you hunt, Orion, <br />This starry night?' <br />'The Ram, the Bull and the Lion, <br />And the Great Bear,' says Orion, <br />'With my starry quiver and beautiful belt <br />I am trying to find a good thick pelt <br />To warm my shoulders to-night, <br />To warm my shoulders to-night. <br /> <br />'Did you hear that, Great She-bear, <br />This frosty night? <br />'Yes, he's talking of stripping me bare <br />Of my own big fur,' says the She-bear, <br />'I'm afraid of the man and his terrible arrow: <br />The thought of it chills my bones to the marrow, <br />And the frost so cruel to-night! <br />And the frost so cruel to-night!' <br /> <br />'How is your trade, Aquarius, <br />This frosty night?' <br />'Complaints is many and various <br />And my feet are cold,' says Aquarius, <br />'There's Venus objects to Dolphin-scales, <br />And Mars to Crab-spawn found in my pails, <br />And the pump has frozen to-night, <br />And the pump has frozen to-night.'<br /><br />Robert Graves<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/star-talk/
