Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
Song: There s one great bunch of stars in heavenThéophile Marzials (18501920)
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That shines so sturdily,
Where good Saint Peter’s sinewy hand
Holds up the dull gold-wroughten key.
As green as beryl-blue can be,
The lowest bead the Blessèd Virgin
Shakes a-telling her rosary.
No doubt the mighty rubicel
That sparkles from the centre point
I’ the buckler of stout Raphael.
So white, a virgin’s it must be;—
Perhaps the lamp my love in heaven
Hangs out to light the way for me.