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WINTER STARS

I went out at night alone;
The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit's wings—
I bore my sorrow heavily.


But when I lifted up my head
From shadows shaken on the snow,
I saw Orion in the east
Burn steadily as long ago.


From windows in my father's house,
Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,
I watched Orion as a girl
Above another city's lights.


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