First, thanks for sharing. The poem is a lover's observation or thoughts concerning his or her love who is at a distance at the time it is being written. The poem expresses a yearning for nearness to become a reality. This distance is described as trouble or troubling. The speaker has full trust in his love even though not present and describes it as truest.
Why the love is described as untold isn't explained. Perhaps it is a secretive love? Unlawful love? Many things can cause a love to be untold. So the reader's imagination is left to consider the possibilities.
The references to a star conveys the confidence that the love has a positive future. I like the way that dear and dearest and sweet and sweetest imply the differences between being near and being far from a loved one.
Suggestion:
The following was distracting because it is ungrammatical.
"You alone is thy truest"
The pronoun "you" and the verb of existence "is" don't mesh.
It literally means "You alone is your truest."
"You alone are the truest." is grammatical.
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