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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Stars

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

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.

Stars ain’t Portugee men-o’-wars.