BLUE STARS AND GOLD

While walking through the trams and cars
I changed to look up at the sky,
And saw that it was full of stars !

So starry-sown ! A man could not,
With any care, have stuck a pin
Through any single vacant spot.

And some were shining furiously,
And some were big and some were small,
But all were beautiful to see

Blue stars and gold ! A sky of grey!
The air between a velvet pall !
I could not take my eyes away !

And there I sang this little psalm
Most awkwardly ! Because I was
Standing between a car and train !

    - JAMES STEPHENS