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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOONRISE, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: The first snows of the year lie white
Last Line: While faint the windy stars are seen.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Moon; Night; Pine Trees; Snow; Trees; Bedtime
First Line: The first snows of the year lie white
Last Line: While faint the windy stars are seen.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Moon; Night; Pine Trees; Snow; Trees; Bedtime
The first snows of the year lie white
Upon the branches bending low;
A surging wind the flakes doth blow
Before the coming feet of Night --
Half dusk, half day, betwixt the pines
Green-yellow the full moon reclines:
Green-yellow, and now wholly green,
While faint the windy stars are seen.
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