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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAGAN MOON, by HENRY T. PRAED
First Line: O pagan maiden, bare your breast
Last Line: Above them all, queen of the sky.
Subject(s): Moon
First Line: O pagan maiden, bare your breast
Last Line: Above them all, queen of the sky.
Subject(s): Moon
O Pagan Maiden, bare your breast,
Full on me lay your tresses long
And let me in the tropic air
Drift to Nirvana in your song.
O soon you shall the earth flood full
With drunken and empassioned light,
And I shall doze but wake at times
To revel in the mystic sight.
The dove-like murmuring, love-struck waves,
Vast sandy beaches there with you,
A poppy dream asleep, awake,
Sweet Pagan Maid, on every view.
O Pagan, am I in the hold
Of sensuous seasons; worship I
The stars, the beaches, poppies, you,
Above them all, Queen of the Sky.
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