< The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
A STARRY NIGHT
A cloud fell down from the heavens,
And broke on the mountain's brow;
It scattered the dusky fragments
All over the vale below.
The moon and the stars were anxious
To know what its fate might be;
So they rushed to the azure op'ning,
And all peered down to see.
This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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