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Lucifer in Starlight - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Lucifer in Starlight

By George MeredithSource: George Meredith - PoetryDB (Public Domain)Short98 words

On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose.

Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend

Above the rolling ball in cloud part screened,

Where sinners hugged their spectre of repose.

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