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<h2><SPAN name="page111"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>A SOLAR ECLIPSE</h2>
<p class="poetry">In that great journey of the stars through
space<br/>
About the mighty, all-directing Sun,<br/>
The pallid, faithful Moon has been the one<br/>
Companion of the Earth. Her tender face,<br/>
Pale with the swift, keen purpose of that race<br/>
Which at Time’s natal hour was first begun,<br
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Shines ever on her lover as they run<br/>
And lights his orbit with her silvery smile.</p>
<p class="poetry">Sometimes such passionate love doth in her
rise,<br/>
Down from her beaten path she softly slips,<br/>
And with her mantle veils the Sun’s bold eyes,<br/>
Then in the gloaming finds her lover’s
lips.<br/>
While far and near the men our world call wise<br/>
See only that the Sun is in eclipse.</p>
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