VESPER SONG FOR COMMUTERS

The stars are kind to Marathon,

How low, how close, they lean!

They jostle one another

And do their best to please —

Indeed, they are so neighborly

That in the twilight green

One reaches out to pick them

Behind the poplar trees.

The stars are kind to Marathon,

And one particular

Bright planet ( which is Vesper )

Most lucid and serene,

Is waiting by the railway bridge,

The Good Commuter's Star,

The Star of Wise Men coming home

On time, at 6: 15!