Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOON AND A CLOUD, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Sometimes I watch the moon at night Last Line: She turned it black instead of white. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Clouds; Moon | ||||||||
Sometimes I watch the moon at night, No matter be she near or far; Up high, or in a leafy tree Caught laughing like a bigger star. To-night the west is full of clouds; The east is full of stars that fly Into the cloud's dark foliage, And the moon will follow by and by. I see a dark brown shabby cloud -- The moon has gone behind its back; I looked to see her turn it white -- She turned it to a lovely black. A lovely cloud, a jet-black cloud; It shines with such a glorious light, That I am glad with all my heart She turned it black instead of white. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN THE MOON AND THE SPECTATOR by LEONIE ADAMS FULL MOON by KARLE WILSON BAKER NO MORE OF THE MOON by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP THE DEPARTURE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE MOON IN GREECE by TIMOTHY LIU A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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