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ECSTASY by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY

First Line: THE MOON SHINES NOW
Last Line: HOUR OF DELIGHT!
Subject(s): DREAMS; FORESTS; LOVE; MOON; NIGHTMARES; WOODS;

The moon shines now
White in the woods;
From every bough
Cometh in floods
A voice divine . . .
O love of mine!

The pool of jet,
Deep mirror sees
In silhouette
The willow trees
That moan and gleam . . .
O hour of dream!

Tender and vast,
A peacefulness
Drifts downward past
The shadowless
Star-purple night . . .
Hour of delight!



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