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THE LAST SONG OF THE SPHERES.
"From the earth I bring ye tidings,Come to tell the moon is waning,Come to tell the stars are setting,Come to tell the sun no longer O'er the earth shall shed its light.Earth is all in desolation,Wrapped in shadows and in darkness,With its sister worlds expiring.Back to chaos soon they'll hasten,While the thunders chant their death-song,And the lightnings round them flashing Light them on their lonely way."
I listened in silence, until in her sorrow I heard the last angel her story relate.It oped in my soul all the fountains of sadness. I murmured, "Alas, O thou Earth! thy sad fate!"
The guardian angel who welcomed me thither Said gently, "My sister, oh, why art thou sad?While seraphs and angels are here to befriend thee, And this is thy home, let thy spirit be glad."
"I know that thou lovest me, call'st me thy sister," I said, "but that world was my dwelling before;And there too dwelt those who have known me and loved me: Oh, then let my sorrow wake wonder no more."
