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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE READING-ROOM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Praised be the moon of books! That doth above
Last Line: While in this liberal house thy face is bright.
Subject(s): British Museum, London; Librarians & Libraries; Museums; Library; Librarians; Art Gallerys
First Line: Praised be the moon of books! That doth above
Last Line: While in this liberal house thy face is bright.
Subject(s): British Museum, London; Librarians & Libraries; Museums; Library; Librarians; Art Gallerys
PRAISED be the moon of books! that doth above
A world of men, the fallen Past behold,
And fill the spaces else so void and cold
To make a very heaven again thereof;
As when the sun is set behind a grove,
And faintly unto nether ether rolled,
All night his whiter image and his mould
Grows beautiful with looking on her love.
Thou therefore, moon of so divine a ray,
Lend to our steps both fortitude and light!
Feebly along a venerable way
They climb the infinite, or perish quite;
Nothing are days and deeds to such as they,
While in this liberal house thy face is bright.
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