Winter Stars

by Sara Teasdale

I went out at night alone;
  The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit's wings—
  I bore my sorrow heavily.

But when I lifted up my head
  From shadows shaken on the snow,
I saw Orion in the east
  Burn steadily as long ago.

From windows in my father's house,
  Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,
I watched Orion as a girl
  Above 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 east
  The faithful beauty of the stars.


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