My sleep was sweet last night.
I fell to dreaming soon;
The moon was full of light,
And stars stood round the moon.
Then Heaven with glad voice
Began at once to sing;
So did the stars rejoice
At earth’s first fashioning.
Their faces towards me turned,
And every constellation
With equal ardor burned
To give me adoration.
The Eagle and the Swan,
The Scorpion and the Lyre
Proclaimed me more than man,
Confessed me king and sire.
So you, my Brothers, are
Each of you in my sight
Like some less splendid star
That serves a greater light.
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The featured image is an illustration by Owen Jones from “The History of Joseph and His Brethren” (Day & Son, 1869), and is in the public domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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