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  1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ‘ The Light of Stars ’. The night is come, but not too soon; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven But the cold light of stars; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars. Is it the tender star of love? The star of love and dreams? O no! from that blue tent above, A hero’s armour gleams So begins this poem by the author of  The Song of Hiawatha , about the planet named for the god of war rather than the god of love (Venus). What message for our lives can we take from the red planet? 2. Emily Dickinson, ‘ Ah Moon – and Star! ’ Ah, Moon—and Star! You are very far— But where no one Farther than you— Do you think I’d stop For a Firmament— Or a Cubit—or so? So begins this poem, in which Dickinson (1830-86) does a bit of star-gazing, and concludes that, far away from her through the moon and stars are, they are not as far away as her beloved. Thus a poem t...