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The coming of this lovely night Lifted the world's great roof of blue And bared the awful Infinite — So grand an hour, so vast a view, Abashed I stand each night anew: When out of unimagined deeps Spectacular you burst upon The dark, and down the starry steeps A trail of whitest fire you shone One breathless moment — and were gone.

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James Devaney

James Devaney

Born: May 31, 1890
Died: August 14, 1976 (aged 86)
Bio: James Martin Devaney was an Australian poet, novelist, and journalist.

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