Poem by Katherine Mansfield

Stars

Most merciful God
Look kindly upon
An impudent child
Who wants sitting on.
This evening late
I went to the door
And then to the gate
There were more stars--more
Than I could have expected,
Even I!
I was amazed,
Almighty, August!
I was utterly dazed,
Omnipotent! Just
In a word I was floored,
Good God of Hosts--Lord!
That at this time of day
They should still blaze away,
That thou hadst not rejected
Or at least circumspected
Their white silver beauty--
Was it spite? Was it duty?

1. On a Young Lady’s Sixth Anniversary
2. The Family
3. The Awakening River
4. The Gulf
5. Song of Karen, the Dancing Child

Wallace Thurman Stars ("Earth turns")

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