<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365988" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Star</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I was a boy I searched the skies<br>For the truth, a star, and the worldly wise, <br>But ever the path of the brightest lay<br>On my neighbour’s roof, or another’s way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So I chose a star and I called it ‘Dawn’<br>As the brightest light in a summer storm<br>And I charged it: ‘Lay out my future way<br>As bright as the path you trace today.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But when I was older, learned and wise<br>I left the star in the drifting skies<br>And never a thought of the star was lent<br>While the truth, the star, and my faith was spent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when I was down, and worn, and thin, <br>I got to think what I might have been<br>And searched for the star in the drifting skies<br>And cried its name at the pale sunrise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’ve scanned and searched for a single star<br>Since the way of the world was far too far, <br>But all I get are the skies alight<br>Or a deep despair on a cloudy night! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">5 July 1975</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365988" data-title="The Star de David Lewis Paget" data-description="When I was a boy I searched the skies For the truth, a star, and the worldly wise, But ever the path of the brightest lay On my neighbour’s roof, or another’s way. So I chose a star and I called it ‘Dawn’ As the brightest light in a summ..."></div> </div> </div>

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