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THE EVENING STAR
“Canst thou bind the sweet influence of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
“Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide
Arcturus with his sons?
“Knowest thou the ordinances of Heaven? Canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth?”—
Job xxxviii, 31.
Tell us, thou glorious Star of Eve!
What sees thine eye?
Wherever human hearts can heave,
Man's misery!
Life, but a weary chain,
Manhood, weak, wild, and vain,
Age, but a lingering pain,
Longing to die!
What sees thine eye?
Wherever human hearts can heave,
Man's misery!
Life, but a weary chain,
Manhood, weak, wild, and vain,
Age, but a lingering pain,
Longing to die!
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Tell us, thou glorious Star of Eve,
Sees not thine eye
Some spot where hearts no longer heave,
In thine own sky?
Where all life's dreams are o'er,
Where bosoms bleed no more,
Where injured Spirits soar,
Never to die.
Sees not thine eye
Some spot where hearts no longer heave,
In thine own sky?
Where all life's dreams are o'er,
Where bosoms bleed no more,
Where injured Spirits soar,
Never to die.
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