Star of Ethiopia

Lucian B. Watkins 1879 (Chesterfield, Virginia) – 1921



Out in the Night thou art the sun
Toward which thy soul-charmed children run,
    The faith-high height whereon they see
    The glory of their Day To Be—
The peace at last when all is done.

The night is dark but, one by one,
Thy signals, ever and anon,
    Smile beacon answers to their plea,
    Out in the Night.

Ah, Life! thy storms these cannot shun;
Give them a hope to rest upon,
     A dream to dream eternally,
     The strength of men who would be free
And win the battle race begun,
    Out in the Night!
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aabba aabC axbbaC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 513
Words 95
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 6

Lucian B. Watkins

Lucian B. Watkins was born in Chesterfield, Virginia in 1879. The author of Voices of Solitude (Donahue & Company, 1903), he worked as a teacher and served in World War I. He died in 1921. more…

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