Classic Poem

Star of my Destiny!—if such there be—
Oh, shine propitious on me for a while!
And let me feel the essence of thy smile,
And I'll reflect its influence back to thee.—
I would that thou wouldst ease me of a pain
Long habitant of my all-saddened heart,
—First there implanted by an Urchin's art
And I am fain to end its ancient reign.
If to oblivion thou must go with me.
And drop from thy celestial home on high,
Wouldst thou, already, shut thy dazzling eye,
And enter on a dread eternity?
Or lose, so soon, thy rays of golden light,
And sink into the gloom of endless night?