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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LISTENERS: NIGHT, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: That shining moon - watched by that one faint star
Last Line: And only the lovelier for continuing strange.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: That shining moon - watched by that one faint star
Last Line: And only the lovelier for continuing strange.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
That shining moon -- watched by that one faint star:
Sure now am I, beyond the fear of change,
The lovely in life is the familiar,
And only the lovelier for continuing strange.
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