Poems (Hooper)/The Stars

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THE STARS.
Sind die Sterne fromme Lammer.
Are the stars the lambs of heaven That, when fades the day on high,Night, the shepherdess, doth lead To the blue fields of the sky?
Are they lilies, silver lilies, That, from out their cups of light,Pour the fragrant waves of slumber On the weary earth all night?
Are they lighted tapers, shining On the holy altar high,When the deep and solemn darkness Fills the wide dome of the sky?
No! they are the silver letters In which loving angels write,On the azure page of heaven, Countless songs in lines of light.Geibel.
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