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" Star, that looked so long among the stones
And picked from them, half iron and half dirt,
One; and bent and put it to her lips
And breathed upon it till at last it burned
Uncertainly, among the stars its sisters—
Breathe on me still, star, sister "

Randall Jarrell


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Randall Jarrell quote : Star, that looked so long among the stones<br />And picked from them, half iron and half dirt,<br />One; and bent and put it to her lips<br />And breathed upon it till at last it burned<br />Uncertainly, among the stars its sisters—<br />Breathe on me still, star, sister