Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOON AFTERGLOW, by GRACE DICKINSON SPERLING



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MOON AFTERGLOW, by                    
First Line: Far down the west I came on night
Last Line: Who loved and would not let her go.
Subject(s): Moon; Nature


Far down the west I came on night
Sweeping the prairies dusk and bare;
Long since the sun had dropped from sight,
No light was shining anywhere.

And as no more there shone the sun,
And sleepy birds had taken flight,
Up from the black-rimmed horizon,
The sudden moon rolled large and bright.

Red-gold at last was all her light
When lingeringly she sank and slow,
Her beauty must have wakened night,
Who loved and would not let her go.





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