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AN ACROSTIC: THE MOON by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON

First Line: LO! YONDER RIDES THE EMPRESS OF THE NIGHT!
Last Line: AND GLOOMY DARKNESS TAKES ITS VACANT PLACE.
Subject(s): MOON;

Lo! yonder rides the empress of the night!
Unveil'd she casts around her silver light;
Cease not, fair orb, thy slow majestic march,
Resume again thy seat in yon blue arch.
E'en now, as weary of the tedious way,
Thy head on ocean's bosom thou dost lay;
In his blue waves thou hid'st thy shining face,
And gloomy darkness takes its vacant place.



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