ONLY the stars remain to travelers' eyes <br />Unalterable; the waters change their hue <br />Beneath the flattery of alien skies <br />From jade to silver and from bronze to blue. <br /> <br />Sunrise and sunset spread their lovely light <br />As slow as solemn music in the North; <br />But southward, like a dart descends the night, <br />And like a meteor the day breaks forth. <br /> <br />And faiths and manners vary - friends, they say, - <br />And even lovers of a constant mind; . <br />Not the light loves we meet upon our way <br />But those enchained by vows we left behind. <br /> <br />Only unchanged the patterned stars endure, <br />As when they first assured or threatened man; <br />Still Vega glitters, crystalline and pure, <br />Still like an angry eye Aldebaran.<br /><br />Alice Duer Miller<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-stars-30/
