Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN THE SHADOWS: 23, by DAVID GRAY (1838-1861)


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IN THE SHADOWS: 23, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, beautiful moon! Oh, beautiful moon! Again
Last Line: Shall me delight with dreams and mystic love forlorn!
Subject(s): Moon


Oh, beautiful moon! Oh, beautiful moon! again
Thou persecutest me until I bend
My brow, and soothe the aching of my brain.
I cannot see what handmaidens attend
Thy silver passage as the heaven clears;
For, like a slender mist, a sweet vexation
Works in my heart, till the impulsive tears
Confess the bitter pain of adoration.
Oh, too, too, beautiful moon! lift the white shell
Of thy soft splendour through the shining air!
I own the magic power, the witching spell,
And, blinded by thy beauty, call thee fair!
Alas! not often now thy silver horn
Shall me delight with dreams and mystic love forlorn!





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