All stars stand close in summer air And tremble, and look mild as amber; When wicks are lighted in the chamber You might say stars were settling there.
ATTRIBUTION:
Léonie Adams (18991988), U.S. poet. Country Summer (l. 2730). . .
Modern American Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed. (8th rev. ed., 1962) Harcourt, Brace and Company.