From there we came outside and saw the stars

One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not be feared.

Infinite goodness has such wide arms.

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

But if, as morning rises, dreams are true.

All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with parching power.

Because your question searches for deep meaning, I shall explain in simple words