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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 7 (October 2, 1939)

“A Night of Stars.”

A Night of Stars.”

It is a night of stars,
Clear-cut and cold against a frozen sky,
Like diamonds showing
On a velvet cloth.
There is a pale white moon,
Too dim to shine amidst her rival gems,
Like jewels ruling
In a chest of glass.
This is a night to walk
By the sea's edge along a lonely road,
A human gazing
At the silent sea.
The mind is void of thought,
Intent—the breath falling in jerky haste,
Like misty sea-spray
On an unseen reef.
This is a night of stars,
A winter night athrob with freezing ire,
And coldly dying
For a winter day.