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To the Memory of M. A. R. - ZaunköniG - 08.07.2007
To the Memory of M. A. R.
With the mild light some unambitious star
Illumes her pathway through the heavenly blue, -
So unobtrusive that the careless view
Scarce notes her where her haughtier sisters are, -
So ran thy life. Perhaps, from those afar,
Thy gentle radiance little wonder drew,
And all their praise was for the brighter few.
Yet mortal vision is a grievous bar
To perfect judgment. Were the distance riven,
Our eyes might find that star so faintly shone
Because it journeyed through a higher zone,
Had more majestic sway and duties given,
Far loftier station on the heights of Heaven,
Was next to God, and circled round his throne.