The Shifting Stars

I lay me on the grassy lawn And watch the stars, they're floating on While one comes out from round the eaves Across the sky another leaves The sky is slowly shifting round So different stars are always found The dipper turns just like a clock Without a sound of tick or tock It turns about that central star That guides the sailors from afar While with it sails Queen Cassie's throne And all the constellations known Tonight's a clear and peaceful night The moon is gone, the stars are bright I slowly drift to seas of dreams Alights with pinprick starlit streams I'm thinking all the charming while With placid face and hinting smile That when I wake in early morn Some different stars will be reborn