Robert J. Roe. Stars. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Stars

By Robert J. Roe


From “A Sailor's Note-book” I LIE on mine back
Un look at stars—
So bright, so thick,
Sailing like Portugee men-o’-wars;
Un I ask myself how many stars can be	5
Un how far.

But I am only one little man
On one little ship
Sailing ninety days to one port,
Un I think I am mighty big business.	10

Stars ain’t Portugee men-o’-wars.