And the sky is filled with stars...

[shokadh]

I'm trying to remember a poem. Does anyone remember a poem that ends that way

"and the sky/night is filled with stars..."

or something like that. It had to do with being hopeful during darkness or something. Sorry, that's all I remember. It seems to me it was a really famous poem too. I'm such a dunce...Somebody help me out here...

[Silver King]

It might be a stretch, but you could be thinking of Longfellow:

...For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
and as the evening twilight fades away
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

[KTC]

Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines by Pablo Neruda?

[shokadh]

No, those are beautiful, but not what I was thinking of. Thank you, though. I think the previous line was something like

"...but the world is still full of promise,
and the night is filled with stars..."

Dang it. It's really bugging me now.

[Dichroic]

I hope you can find it and will tell us, because I really like those lines. For some reason they sound older to me, like something from around Kipling's time.

[Hoodimann]

Well, I did some searching. Here's what the internet had to offer regarding those lines.

http://www.culture-of-peace.info/poems/song.html

http://www.archive.org/stream/starpointssongso00richrich/starpointssongso00richrich_djvu.txt

It also has just a slight biblical flavor to it, although it may seem a bit vague for that. So.

Just three other places to look. Good luck!