Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MOON AND A CLOUD, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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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.





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