Poem from Fallen Splendor by Jeff Johnson

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Poem
By Jeff Johnson
Words by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 - 1564)

Down from the loftiest star a splendor falls to the Earth,
And draws desire from afar to that which gave it birth.
So love and heavenly fire and counsel wise,
The noble heart finds most in starlike eyes.

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from Fallen Splendor, released July 13, 1986

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