Star of the Night: Poem

STAR OF THE NIGHT. {For the Improvement Era.) Bright star of the night, in the west you keep A silent watch o'er my loved one's sleep; The first to shine in the great starry dome, You bring me sweet thoughts of my mountain home. ^ Your eye gazes long ere it sinks from sight, On visions grand near the doors of night, Where love and joy are the words of the heart. And Peace on Earth is of the picture a part. In silent guard do those brown crags stand O'er the rivers de^pin the canyons grand; Now the pale moon shines on old San Antone, And the halo is seen in my mountain home. O'er the San Luis vale do the snow capped peaks As sentinels stand — whom sleep never seeks The sun's earliest ray first kisses their heads E'er the roses' dews go back to their beds. The Antoneta sweeps in movement sublime. As it rolled, oh Star! with the first pulse of time. With its sister streams and the many rills From the heart of the everlasting hills. Bright star of the night in the western sky, You see the picture now hid from mine eye; Let your rays love-winged from your stnrry dome, Kiss m.y dear ones asleep in my mountain home. Mathonihah Tho.\ias. Salt Lake City, Utah.