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POEMS.
* THE STAR.
GLITTERING in the skies I burn,
Brilliant as when erst,
Singing on my natal morn,
I from chaos burst.
Far in azure space, where I
Dwelt since thousand years,
I have seen the storms sweep by
Round yon lower spheres.
Mortals! gazing silently
With unchanging ray,
Every lurking snare I see
On your mazy way;
See how passions wild enthrall
All the race of man;
How his empires rise and fall
Silently I scan;
See men lavish wealth and state,
See them idly fret ;
How eternal love and hate,
Yet full soon forget.
I have seen how pleasures showe
Then as swiftly fly,
Beauty fading like a flower,
But unchanged was I.
He whose sceptre ruled the world
I have seen forlorn,
From his throne imperial hurled,
Pointed at with scorn.
Heroes, sovereigns, and slaves,
All to dust must turn:
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