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BRIGHTER STARS.

If all the stars were equal bright,
There'd be no Saturn and no Mars,
We'd never know the queen of night
From out a million other stars.
There'd be no star to mark our time,
No guide to help us on our way;
My star would shine as bright as thine,
And all the world would go astray.
Some stars must shine in splendid height,
Some men are born to shine in fame,
To help us on toward their light,
To have a higher nobler aim.