MAN USED TO SAY
What am I? A lonely man twixt the world’s wide spheres.
Humility forbids me to brag and rave;
But turn your eyes upon a royal court
There you will know a master from the slave.
I am on friendly terms with the Sun and the Stars
Yet they, with all their bright splendor,
Stand ever meekly, far away,
On their cheeks, a smile of surrender.
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