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 A STAR AMONG THE REEDS

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Ovur of the dusk the Wanderers drew near, Planets that burned above the dim parade,

Above the white road mystically clear Through moveless isles of shade.

He trod the dust on which the stars came down Immortal with the radiance of the world, And watched the little meteors hurled

Into the dark. ‘So drown Thoughts that would speak the wonder of the soul,’

He cried, ‘when glory far exceeds the sight. This is the presence chamber of the Whole,

And here the stars immerse The panting heart in everlasting light.

This is the universe.’

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