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G. K. Chesterton

How many million stars there be,
That only God hath numbered;
But this one only chosen for me
In time before her face was fled.
Shall not one mortal man alive
    Hold up his head?

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From The Wild Knight and Other Poems | Grant Richards, 1900

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