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Let us then be the little star / Round which the large revolve!
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The speaker proposes becoming a “little star” that serves as a center for larger things. The image contrasts small size with strong importance: something modest can still draw greater forces around it. It expresses a wish for the seemingly lesser to have a meaningful place and influence.
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- Wikisource, An Anthology of Czechoslovak Poetry (1929)
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