The stars that were over my head this morning
Were there from the First Day,
Those stars I hid crook-necked from in cities,
While traveling my wayward way.
Were there from the First Day,
Those stars I hid crook-necked from in cities,
While traveling my wayward way.

They live on crispy pancakes
Of yellow tide-foam;
Some in the reeds
Of the black mountain-lake,
With frogs for their watch-dogs,
All night awake.
There is a flower that bees prefer,
And butterflies desire;
To gain the purple democrat
The humming-birds aspire.