Poem by Charles Kingsley

A Hope

Twin stars, aloft in ether clear,
Around each other roll alway,
Within one common atmosphere
Of their own mutual light and day.

And myriad happy eyes are bent
Upon their changeless love alway;
As, strengthened by their one intent,
They pour the flood of life and day.

So we through this world's waning night
May, hand in hand, pursue our way;
Shed round us order, love, and light,
And shine unto the perfect day.

1. Down to the Mothers
2. The Dead Church
3. The Poetry of a Root Crop
4. The Last Buccaneer
5. The Three Fishers

Ina Coolbrith A Hope ("IT befell me on a day")

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