| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | To a Star-Flower | | By Edward Howard Griggs |
| | | DEAR little star-flower abloom at my feet, | |
| What are you waiting for, what is it, Sweet? | |
| Is the ceaseless glare of the sun a pain? | |
| Do you long for a sip of the cool, moist rain? | |
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| There are star-flowers, Dear, in the human world,— | 5 |
| Children with angel wings half furled, | |
| Who find like you that the sun shines strong, | |
| Who at times like you for the soft rain long. | |
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| There are children, Sweet, of an older age, | |
| Who have watched life’s miracles stage by stage, | 10 |
| To whom the day seems blank and bare, | |
| And the night and the rain-drops sweet and fair. | |
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| For the road of pain outstretches long, | |
| The end must come to the sweetest song, | |
| And the only check to the tears we weep | 15 |
| Is the thought that night will come—and sleep! | | | | |
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