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Stars
(November, 1899).
Stars in the north! world-fragments, that through space
Aeon on aeon ran their darkling race,
Strike fiery-white against earth's airy wall,
And luminous in dissolution fall.
Aeon on aeon ran their darkling race,
Strike fiery-white against earth's airy wall,
And luminous in dissolution fall.
Stars in the south! dim souls, that could not shine
While life's dull orbit did their course confine,
Now devious hurled on war's opposing breath
Flash in a brief magnificence of death.
While life's dull orbit did their course confine,
Now devious hurled on war's opposing breath
Flash in a brief magnificence of death.
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