The moon is shining on the sea! Every night the moon looks down Through the spaces, quietly: And, no matter though I be Among the houses of the town, Something always says to me, -- The moon is shining on the sea -- Along the boulevard I pace, Looking for her through the trees, And I see her gentle face Beaming through immensities: And, as I look, there comes to me The lonely murmur of the sea. All across all that is space They are telling their distress; They are looking, face to face, All longing, and all loneliness; The pretty, timid, moon, and the Poor, unhappy, little sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE ROCK THAT WILL BE A CORNERSTONE OF THE HOUSE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE. 6. IN THE CEMETERY by THOMAS HARDY WORDLY WISE (10) by MOTHER GOOSE WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 26. MID-RAPTURE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |