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First Line: Star sirius and the pole star dwell afar
Last Line: Mayhap they talk together without speech.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Stars


Star Sirius and the Pole Star dwell afar
Beyond the drawings each of other's strength:
One blazes thro' the brief bright summer's length
Lavishing life-heat from a flaming car;
While one unchangeable upon a throne
Broods o'er the frozen heart of earth alone,
Content to reign the bright particular star
Of some who wander or of some who groan.
They own no drawings each of other's strength,
Nor vibrate in a visible sympathy,
Nor veer along their courses each toward each:
Yet are their orbits pitched in harmony
Of one dear heaven, across whose depth and length
Mayhap they talk together without speech.





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