Islanded In A Stream of Stars

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From Night on the Great Beach, in Henry Beston's The Outermost House…

"For a moment
of night we have a glimpse of ourselves and of our world islanded in its stream of stars— pilgrims of mortality, voyaging between horizons across eternal seas of space and time."

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4 responses to “Islanded In A Stream of Stars”

January 25, 2009
Crimsonsilk
Beautifully poetic 🙂
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February 11, 2009
ryan
thanks for this. i’ve since checked out the book from my local library and i’m going to give it a go. it’s referenced in the title of an upcoming battlestar galactica episode, and that combined with your short little post was enough to convince me to grab it.
i find the book so far compelling, although i do need to read certain passages several times–and out loud, occasionally–to grasp them.
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February 11, 2009
Imran
@Crimsonsilk – Uhuh, it’s arresting 🙂
@ryan – I actually first spotted it in a quote about that very BSG episode and followed a trail to the book 🙂
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July 13, 2009
immmy
Good Poetry in plain english 🙂 How difficult you think and how simple u express your self. Wow!!!
immy.
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