STARLIGHT 



L. H. Bailey 



I slept night long in the starlight 

 Under the calm great sky; 

 The cool of the depths was about me 

 As the silent hours went by. 



The day had been one of dejection 

 It had followed me on to my rest, 

 And I took me out to the starlights 

 When the day went down in the west. 



Often I woke from my slumber 

 And the silent stars were there. 

 In passionless steadfast legions 

 On guard in the welkin bare. 



Under the gleam of the starshine 

 Motionless long I lay. 

 Knowing at last I had mastered, — 

 As calm and as silent as they. 



[1103] 



