Sorry, I had electrical issues that posted my blog to comments.

I believe what the author is trying to convey is that he feels sorry for the star. He starts by stating that it is constantly watching everything that is happening on Earth. It stands by itself in the sky, so cold and sees everything, but it cannot feel any emotion. The star just sees and feels no awe or animosity in the wondrousness of everyday happenings on Earth. The lines that reflect this are, “Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart”, and “gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and moors”. The author then describes the feeling of love, which I feel is the main emotion that the star misses out on. He says that to love is not being alone, and that listening to your partner’s breathing while laying your head on her chest is what life is all about. “Pillowed upon my fair love’s ripening breast, to feel forever its soft fall and swell, Awake forever in a sweet unrest”. At the end of the poem, I feel that the author is conveying that if he had to live like the star, forever without love, or any emotion, he would rather die, “And so live ever—or else swoon to death”.