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Star Sirius and the Pole Star dwell afar / Beyond the drawings each of other's strength: / One blazes through the brief bright summer's length / Lavishing life-heat from a flaming car; / While one unchangeable upon a throne / Broods o'er the frozen heart of earth alone, / Content to reign the bright particular star / Of some who wander or of some who groan. / They own no drawings each of other's strength, / Nor vibrate in a visible sympathy, / Nor veer along their courses each toward each: / Yet are their orbits pitched in harmony / Of one dear heaven, across whose depth and length / Mayhap they talk together without speech.