Stars

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Title:     Stars
Author: Laurence Alma-Tadema [More Titles by Alma-Tadema]

O Kings and Queens, that in my happy heart,
As in a royal chapel, warm and white,
Ensanctuaried are! I come to-night
Beneath the moonless sky--this radiant chart
Of the unfathomable Heavens where dart
Beam-trailing stars--with lamp of love alight
Unto your images; my reverent sight
Enfolds you, and I bring you each your part
Of piety. The Will that guides each star
Gave jewels to my hands I might not hold,
Whose grace remembered fills my palm. So rest,
O Joy-givers! your kingdoms are afar,
Yet here I own you, shrined in pearls and gold,
The sovereign captives of my loyal breast.

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Laurence Alma-Tadema's poem: Stars

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