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The Kansas Collection

 
ODE 
The Song of the Stars. 
 
The song of the stars,^__the wondering stars!
The listening, glistening, diamond stars; 
      While the blithe, blue air 
      Calls everywhere; 
      To the hills and vales, 
      To the glades and dales; 
"List, list, to the gong of the wandering stars!" 
 
The shout of the stars,^__the numberless Stars!
A glorified host with light-winged cars! 
      While the blithe, blue air 
      Calls everywhere; 
      Heralding far 
      The "Son of a Star!"^__
The antiphone of the wondering stars! 
 
The sigh of the stars,^__the increate stars!
The wistful, mystical, soulful stars! 
      While the blithe, blue air 
      Calls everywhere, 
      "Behold Judea's STAR!^__
      Flashing his beams afar! 
      In his trigon of tears 
      A scepter he bears, 
And the fadeless crown of the increate stars!"