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I cannot choose but pity thee, Thou lovely orphan of the sky.

I'd rather be the meanest flower That grows, my mother Earth, on thee, So there were others of my kin, To blossom, bloom, droop, die with me.

Earth, thou hast sorrow, grief, and death; But with these better could I bear, Than reach and rule yon radiant sphere, And be a Solitary there.