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<p id="id00268" style="margin-top: 4em"> Winter Stars</p>
<p id="id00269" style="margin-top: 3em"> I went out at night alone;<br/>
The young blood flowing beyond the sea<br/>
Seemed to have drenched my spirit's wings—<br/>
I bore my sorrow heavily.<br/></p>
<p id="id00270"> But when I lifted up my head<br/>
From shadows shaken on the snow,<br/>
I saw Orion in the east<br/>
Burn steadily as long ago.<br/></p>
<p id="id00271"> From windows in my father's house,<br/>
Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,<br/>
I watched Orion as a girl<br/>
Above another city's lights.<br/></p>
<p id="id00272"> Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too,<br/>
The world's heart breaks beneath its wars,<br/>
All things are changed, save in the east<br/>
The faithful beauty of the stars.<br/></p>
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