A relative twilight obscures night,
And dusty lanes of the Milky Way
Only go glowing at full darks light;
The glittering road the heavens paved.
The constancy of sky's a fact;
And dance of planets there arrayed,
And time that's gone's not coming back-
No matter the words that one could say.
Patti Masterman
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