The infinite shining heavens
Rose, and I saw in the night
Uncountable angel stars
Showering sorrow and light
I saw them distant as heaven
Dumb and shining and dead
And the idle stars of the night
Were dearer to me than bread
Night after night in my sorrow
The stars looked over the sea
Till lo! I looked in the dusk
And a star had come down to me
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