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A Flower's Song

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Star! Star, why dost thou shine      Each night upon my brow?     Why dost thou make me dream the dreams      That I am dreaming now?     Star! Star, thy home is high --      I am of humble birth;     Thy feet walk shining o'er the sky,      Mine, only on the earth.     Star! Star, why make me dream?      My dreams are all untrue;     And why is sorrow dark for me      And heaven bright for you?     Star! Star, oh, hide thy ray,      And take it off my face;     Within my lowly home I stay,      Thou, in thy lofty place.     Star! Star, and still I dream,      Along thy light afar     I seem to soar until I seem      To be, like you, a star.

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