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8 She doesn’t dash round in chariot grand, But rather prefers to float Serenely around in the cool night air, In a crescent-shaped silver boat.

The stars are her bright-eyed messengers, Who leave the King's Palace gate To follow the Queen throughout the night; And eagerly do they wait To be sent on an errand down to the Earth, Or some planet across the sky: So she calls them all Comets or Shooting Stars, From the way that they rush and fly.