|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOON, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The full-orbed moon with unchanged ray
Last Line: She's mistress of the night.
Subject(s): Moon
First Line: The full-orbed moon with unchanged ray
Last Line: She's mistress of the night.
Subject(s): Moon
The full-orbed moon with unchanged ray
Mounts up the eastern sky,
Not doomed to these short nights for aye,
But shining steadily.
She does not wane, but my fortune,
Which her rays do not bless,
My wayward path declineth soon,
But she shines not the less.
And if she faintly glimmers here,
And paled is her light,
Yet always in her proper sphere
She's mistress of the night.
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