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The naked stars, deep beyond deep,     Burn purely through the nervd night.     Over the narrow sleep     Of men tired of light;     Deep within deep, as clouds behind     Huge grey clouds hidden gleaming rise,     Untroubled by sharp wind     In cold desert skies.     Cold deserts now with infinite host     Of gathered spears at watch o'er small     Armies of men lost     In glooms funereal.     O bitter light, all-threatening stars,     O tired ghosts of men that sleep     After stern mortal wars     'Neath skies chill and steep.     These mortal hills, this flickering sea,     This shadowy and thoughtful night,     Throb with infinity,     Burn with immortal light.

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