What silence rules the ghostly hours That guard the close of human sleep! (“ The Testimony of the Suns”)

George Sterling
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  2. And fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God.("To Science")

  3. And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled.(“ The Testimony of the Suns”)

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