As I saw you had something to tell, as you bent to me night after night,
As you droop�d from the sky low down, as if to my side, (while the other stars all look�d on;)
As we wander�d together the solemn night, (for something, I know not what, kept me from sleep;
As the night advanced, and I saw on the rim of the west, ere you went, how full you were of woe;
As I stood on the rising ground in the breeze, in the cold transparent night,
As I watch�d where you pass�d and was lost in the netherward black of the night,
As my soul, in its trouble, dissatisfied, sank, as where you, sad orb,
Concluded, dropt in the night, and was gone.
Connotation: The speaker is reminded of the many nights they spent with Lincoln; they consider him to be as if a "star". The speaker is devistated when Lincoln is covered by the clouds or fog..
Attitude: Mysterious and Sad
Shifts: In the beginning of the stanza, the speaker's additude is somewhat mysterious; after the 6th line of the stanza the tone changes to be a sad, solumn additude.
Theme: never take anything for granted
he speaker changes with negligence the nymphs or other guardians of shepherd
- Examples include "As we walk's in slience the transparent shadowy night, ..." and "As I stood on the rising ground in the breeze ..."
- Both of these quotes from the stanza describe scenes of nature