Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOONLIGHT NORTH AND SOUTH, by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY


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MOONLIGHT NORTH AND SOUTH, by                    
First Line: Love, we have heard together
Subject(s): Moon










Love, we have heard together
Love, we have heard together
The North Sea sing his tune,
The North Sea sing his tune,
And felt the wind's wild feather
And felt the wind's wild feather
Brush past our cheeks at noon,
Brush past our cheeks at noon,
And seen the cloudy weather
And seen the cloudy weather
Made wondrous with the moon.
Made wondrous with the moon.




Where loveliness is rarest,
Where loveliness is rarest,
'Tis also prized the most:
'Tis also prized the most:
The moonlight shone her fairest
The moonlight shone her fairest
Along that level coast
Along that level coast
Where sands and dunes the barest,
Where sands and dunes the barest,
Of beauty seldom boast,
Of beauty seldom boast,




Far from that bleak and rude land
Far from that bleak and rude land
An exile I remain
An exile I remain
Fixed in a fair and good land,
Fixed in a fair and good land,
A valley and a plain
A valley and a plain
Rich in fat fields and woodland,
Rich in fat fields and woodland,
And watered well with rain.
And watered well with rain.




Last night the full moon's splendour
Last night the full moon's splendour
Shone down on Taunton Dene,
Shone down on Taunton Dene,
And pasture fresh and tender,
And pasture fresh and tender,
And coppice dusky green,
And coppice dusky green,
The heavenly light did render
The heavenly light did render
In one enchanted scene,
In one enchanted scene,




One fair unearthly vision.
One fair unearthly vision.
Yet soon mine eyes were cloyed,
Yet soon mine eyes were cloyed,
And found those fields Elysian
And found those fields Elysian
Too rich to be enjoyed.
Too rich to be enjoyed.
Or was it our division
Or was it our division
Made all my pleasure void?
Made all my pleasure void?




Across the window glasses
Across the window glasses
The curtain then I drew,
The curtain then I drew,
And, as a sea-bird passes,
And, as a sea-bird passes,
In sleep my spirit flew
In sleep my spirit flew
To grey and windswept grasses
To grey and windswept grasses
And moonlit sands--and you.
And moonlit sands--and you.








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