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STARLIGHT DISTILLETH by HERBERT TRENCH

First Line: TREE BY TREE FILLETH
Last Line: ALL EARTH IS QUIET.
Subject(s): STARS; BEAUTY; NIGHT;

TREE by tree filleth,
What do they sigh at?
Field by field thrilleth,
Low comes the fiat:
"Let him that willeth
Cease from his riot,
Starlight distilleth;
O World, be quiet!

"Night the tremendous
Grasps thee and veils thee,
Slow thy stupendous
Intelligence fails thee.

"I, the Star-crowded,
Outsoar and outsink thee;
No more care-clouded
Need'st thou bethink thee!

"Let my primordial
Stupor that seizes
Cure, with the cordial
For all thy diseases . . . "

@3Field by field thrilleth --
What do they sigh at?
Sleep the soul filleth,
Man no more willeth,
Starlight distilleth; . . . . . .
All Earth is quiet@1.



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