Or sit they girt by laws unknown Whereto the senses serve as bars —With fire of unrecorded stars That light a heaven not our own?(“ The Testimony of the Suns”)

George Sterling
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More Quotes By George Sterling
  1. A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

  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”)

  4. The candle glimmers but an hour. The night Looms in its ancient hunger. Would you know The tragedy of human love and need? Gaze on the stars, then on a brother's face!

  5. Be sure that head and heart were laid In wisdom down, content to die. Be sure he faced the Starless SkyUnduped, unmurmuring, unafraid.(“ The Passing of Bierce”)

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