The infinite shining heavens

Rose and I saw in the night

Uncountable angel stars

Showering sorrow and light

I saw them distant as heaven

Dumb and shining and dead

And the idle stars of the night

Were dearer to me than bread

Night after night in my sorrow

The stars looked over the sea

Till lo I looked in the dusk

And a star had come down to me

R L Stevenson