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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOON-SHADOWS; A SONNET, by CORA RANDALL FABBRI
First Line: I leaned out from my window yesternight
Last Line: And see my whole sky luminous and fair.
Subject(s): Moon
First Line: I leaned out from my window yesternight
Last Line: And see my whole sky luminous and fair.
Subject(s): Moon
I LEANED out from my window yesternight,
And saw the whole sky luminous and pale
From the moon, wrapt in a cloud's filmy veil,
As when one shades a candle out of sight
Behind the hollowed palm, letting the light
Fall o'er the shadowed room. Across each vale
The wind on tiptoe sped and shook the frail,
Top branches of the pine-tree in its flight.
Lady, thine eyes' eclipse hath drawn the rare
White moon of joy behind a cloud, and stole
Its star-tide; yet thy memory is there
To shed its soft light where the shadows roll.
I lean out from the window of my soul,
And see my whole sky luminous and fair.
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