Felicia Hemans in The New Monthly Magazine Volume 39 1833/Pilgrim's Evening Song to the Evening Star
The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 39, Pages 412-413
Pilgrim's Evening Song to the Evening Star.
O soft star of the West!
Gleaming far,
Thou'rt guiding all things hence,
Gentle star!
From rock and foaming wave
The sea-bird to her nest;
The hunter from the hills,
The fisher back to rest.
Light of a thousand brooks,
Gleaming far!
O soft star of the West,
Blessed star!
No bowery roof is mine,
No hearth of love and rest,
Yet guide me to my shrine,
O soft star of the West!
There, there my home shall be,
Heaven's dew shall wet my breast,
When prayer and tear gush free;
O soft star of the West!
O soft star of the West,
Gleaming far,
Still guide the weary home,
Gentle star!
Shine from thy rosy heaven;
Pour joy on earth and sea!
Shine on! though no sweet eyes
Look forth to watch for me.
Light of a thousand brooks,
Gleaming far!
O soft star of the West,
Blessed star!