172 POIDI8 o:r UBI'LJIG'l'ION .A MD IIDTDID'l'.
c:t, jlghf ar inn.
'l'B:& 1ligbt is come, but not too soon ;
And linking silently,
All silently,. the little moon
Dropa doWll behind the sky.Tl.tere is no light in e».rth or heaven.
But the cold light of stars ;
And the firi1t watch of night i.a given
To the red planet MarLIs it the tender star oflove--
Tbe star ,of love and dreams t
0 no I froin that blue tent above 1
A hero's lr.rmour gleams.And earnest thoughts within me rise,
When 1 behold afar,
Su1JP8nded in the evening skies,
The ahieM of thAt red etar.0 atar of at:rength I I see thee stand
And smiLe upon my pain ; ·
Thou beekonest with thy mailM band.
.And I &Ill etrong again.Within my breaat there i.a no ligbt,
But the cold light of stars;
I give the ilnt watch or the night
To the red planet .Mara.The star of the unconquer'd will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and. .reeolute, and still
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And calm,, and aelf-posseas'<S •.Ancl thou, too, whoaoe'er thou art,
That reade&t thi.a brief ]J81i.}m,
.As one by one thy hopes depa.rt,
Be resolute and calm.0 fear not in a world like this,
.And thou, shalt know, ere long-
Know bow 1Bnblime a thing it i.a
To aufi"er and be strong. Lo•(U'BLl.()W,"