In Cornwall and Across the Sea With Poems Written in Devonshire. By Douglas B. W. Sladen |
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THE STARRY SISTERS.
Glorious is that which dazzles from afar,And mystery enthralls. Astronomy,
Can she with her poetic sister vie,
Who read by patient watching of a star
Not size and distance only but the war
Of fortunes good and evil? Do we buy,
With knowledge which will brook no augury,
A recompense for thirst men had of yore
In drinking from their futures? Jupiter
Retains his borrowed brightness, Mars his hue
Of soldier-red, but vanished from our view
The Horoscope and grey astrologer,
Though from the discrowned science great men drew
High inspiration in the days that were.
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