Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOON-NIGHT, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poet's Biography First Line: The moon shines full, the elm trees stand Last Line: If night be beautiful like this! Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John Subject(s): Moon | ||||||||
THE moon shines full, the elm-trees stand Like sentinels, and shadows spill, And up that quiet, unearthly land The sheepbells with their tinkling fill A silence reaching to the sky; The rounded farm-stacks that were gold Now moon-lit and unreal lie; And all is magical and cold. But here, beneath my window, one Magnolia flower blooms, alight, Moon-glinted, lovely, and alone, As fastened in the hair of night, And from it to my nostrils creep Such spicy odours as might move To raptured waking all who sleep, The very moon herself, to love. So may night breathe in beauty, when My little flame blows out, and I Back to the fold return, for then It will be dream-like, and goodbye Will not be harder than it must; For life will leave me with a kiss Upon my brow of moonlit dust -- If night be beautiful like this! | 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 |
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