Winter Stars by Sara Teasdale

To join this community on Patreon, click here:⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/welcome2thepoetrypodcast⁠⁠Winter StarsBY SARA TEASDALEI went out at night alone;The young blood flowing beyond the seaSeemed to have drenched my spirit’s wings—I bore my sorrow heavily.But when I lifted up my headFrom shadows shaken on the snow,I saw Orion in the eastBurn steadily as long ago.From windows in my father’s house,Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,I watched Orion as a girlAbove another city’s lights.Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too,The world’s heart breaks beneath its wars,All things are changed, save in the eastThe faithful beauty of the stars.