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title: "5 Testimony Suns Quotes By George Sterling"
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> [“The pathway traced with blood and tears, and dust of all our father's dead, Whose backward footsteps, wandering, red, Fade to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/the-pathway-traced-with-blood-and-tears-and-dust-of-all-our-father-s/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

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> [O Space and Time and stars at strife, How dreadful your infinity! Shrined by your termless trinity, How strange, how terrible, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/o-space-and-time-and-stars-at-strife-how-dreadful-your-infinity/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/george-sterling-28472_astronomy_o-space-and-time-and-stars-at-strife-how_2210201.jpg)

> [“Till her appointed course be run; Till on the darkness faint her breath Flown to the silent void, and Death Sit crowned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/till-her-appointed-course-be-run-till-on-the-darkness-faint-her/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/george-sterling-28472_apocalypse_till-her-appointed-course-be-run-till-on_2733199.jpg)

> [“Or sit they girt by laws unknown Whereto the senses serve as bars – With fire of unrecorded stars That light a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/or-sit-they-girt-by-laws-unknown-whereto-the-senses-serve-as-bars/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/george-sterling-28472_alien_or-sit-they-girt-by-laws-unknown-whereto_2863550.jpg)

> [“What silence rules the ghostly hours That guard the close of human sleep! (“The Testimony of the Suns”)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/what-silence-rules-the-ghostly-hours-that-guard-the-close-of-human-2/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

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## More by George Sterling

> [What silence rules the ghostly hours That guard the close of human sleep!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/what-silence-rules-the-ghostly-hours-that-guard-the-close-of-human/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/within-its-gates-i-heard-the-sound-of-winds-in-cypress-caverns-caught/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [The cool, grey city of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/the-cool-grey-city-of-love/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [“The pathway traced with blood and tears, and dust of all our father's dead, Whose backward footsteps, wandering, red, Fade to the mist of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/the-pathway-traced-with-blood-and-tears-and-dust-of-all-our-father-s/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [“A little while, their hunger unfulfilled, The mothlike worlds flit 'round the guttering sun. ("Ephemera")”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/a-little-while-their-hunger-unfulfilled-the-mothlike-worlds-flit/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [Thy Banners gleam a little, and are furled; Against thy turrets surge His phantom tow'rs; Drugged with his Opiates the nations nod, Refusing still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/thy-banners-gleam-a-little-and-are-furled-against-thy-turrets-surge/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled. (“The Testimony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/and-starward-drifts-the-stricken-world-lone-in-unalterable-gloom-dead/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [O Space and Time and stars at strife, How dreadful your infinity! Shrined by your termless trinity, How strange, how terrible, is life! (“The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/o-space-and-time-and-stars-at-strife-how-dreadful-your-infinity/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [And fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God. ("To Science")](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/and-fragile-is-thy-tenure-of-this-world-still-haunted-by-the/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [A prison becomes a home when you have the key.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/a-prison-becomes-a-home-when-you-have-the-key/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [“When sunset, like a crimson throat to hell, is cavernous... (“A Wine of Wizardry”)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/when-sunset-like-a-crimson-throat-to-hell-is-cavernous-a-wine-of/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [The candle glimmers but an hour. The night Looms in its ancient hunger. Would you know The tragedy of human love and need? Gaze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/the-candle-glimmers-but-an-hour-the-night-looms-in-its-ancient-hunger/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [“Till her appointed course be run; Till on the darkness faint her breath Flown to the silent void, and Death Sit crowned upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/till-her-appointed-course-be-run-till-on-the-darkness-faint-her/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [“Or sit they girt by laws unknown Whereto the senses serve as bars – With fire of unrecorded stars That light a heaven not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/or-sit-they-girt-by-laws-unknown-whereto-the-senses-serve-as-bars/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

> [“Where got she her sullen mouth And where her swaying form? Would she live on eggs and apples When the blood of men is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sterling/where-got-she-her-sullen-mouth-and-where-her-swaying-form-would-she/)

[George Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sterling/)

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