Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MIDSUMMER NIGHT THOUGHTS, by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY


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MIDSUMMER NIGHT THOUGHTS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The full moon's mild and silvery light
Last Line: What joy 'twould bring to me!
Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Night; Silence; Thought; Bedtime; Thinking


THE full moon's mild and silvery light
Is poured o'er field and flood;
The crested waves are flashing bright,
And silent stands the wood;

For not a single leaf is stirred
So still the summer air;
Nor sound of wrong or strife is heard,
To mar this scene so fair.

Methinks by fairy feet is brushed
The grass all wet with dew;
Methinks all would not be so hushed
To ears of favoured few;

Yet, borne on air, there floats the voice
Of the distant murmuring stream,
How can my heart fail to rejoice
In such a lovely scene?

Yet ever 'mid this scene so fair,
My heart still turns to thee;
Feels, if thou wert but here to share,
What joy 'twould bring to me!





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