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THE STARS
They saw the self-same stars we see to-nightAt Ur, Nippur, Mosul and Ispahan,
And where the Tigris and Euphrates ran,
And where Bagdad displayed the Caliph's might.
The Jew, the swart Arabian robed in white,
The Kurd, the camel and the caravan
Passed on their way from Cairo to Sistan,
Led thro' the trackless deserts by their light.
They saw the self-same stars as we:—perchance
They felt as we the self-same rapt surmise
Of life and death! ... until they saw as we,—
Thrilled with the soul's supreme significance,—
Strange constellations dawn within their eyes,
Wrought on the shadow of eternity! ...
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