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A star looks down at me, 
And says:  "Here I and you
Stand each in our degree: 
What do you mean to do,—

     Mean to do?"

I say:  "For all I know,
Wait, and let Time go by,
Till my change come."—"Just so,"
The star says:  "So mean I:—
     So mean I."


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