Sunday, September 8, 2013

The Star-Splitter

"hugger-mugger"

"Don't call it blamed; there isn't anything
More blameless in the sense of being less
A weapon in our human fight," he said.


Robert Frost - The Star-Splitter

"That telescope was christened the Star-Splitter,
Because it didn't do a thing but split
A star in two or three the way you split
A globule of quicksilver in your hand
With one stroke of your finger in the middle.
It's a star-splitter if there ever was one,
And ought to do some good if splitting stars
'Sa thing to be compared with splitting wood."

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