THE SONG OF THE STAR.
r am a star duelling on high In the azure of the vaulted sky. In shine on the land and I shine on the sea. And t-lie little breezes talk to me. The waves rise towards me every one. And forget the brightness of the sun : The growing grass springs up toward* And forgets the day’s fertility My face is light, and my beam is life. And my passionless being bath nc> strife In me no love is turned to hate. No fullness is made desolate ; Here is no hope, no fear, no grief. Here is no pain and no relief : Nor birth nor death hath part in But a profound tranquillity. Unaltered shall bloom oil to-day The blossoms that bloomed yesterday And on the morrow shall not fade. . . . Christina Rossetti.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16738, 20 May 1922, Page 4
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136THE SONG OF THE STAR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16738, 20 May 1922, Page 4
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