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THE MOON IS A FIERY ROSE by MAX DAUTHENDEY

First Line: THE MOON COMES UP AS THE DUSK FALLS LATE
Last Line: TO BRING IT TO HER IN HIS DARK HANDS.
Subject(s): MOON;
The moon comes up as the dusk falls late,
over the castle, glowing and great,
gently loosing the earth as it goes.
The moon is like a fiery rose
my beloved lost by the garden-gate.

Against stone walls my shadow stands,
then follows me, like a Moorish slave.
I will send him back with my commands
to pick up the rose, and, swift and grave,
to bring it to her in his dark hands.



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