When the creation was new and all the stars shone in their first
splendor, the gods held their assembly in the sky and sang.
" Oh, the picture of perfection! the joy unalloyed! "

But one cried of a sudden —
" It seems that somewhere there is a break in the chain of light and
one of the stars has been lost. "

The golden string of their harp snapped, their song stopped,
and they cried in dismay —
" Yes, that lost star was the best, she was the glory of all heavens! "

From that day the search is unceasing for her, and the cry
goes on from one to the other that in her the world has
lost its one joy!

Only in the deepest silence of night the stars smile
and whisper among themselves —
" Vain is the seeking! Unbroken perfection is over all! "