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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFRICAN MOON SONG, by EDA LOU WALTON
First Line: Step down from the waters
Last Line: Is crying for rest!
Subject(s): Africa
First Line: Step down from the waters
Last Line: Is crying for rest!
Subject(s): Africa
Step down from the waters,
O Walker-by-moonlight,
Step down from the waters
That flood through night,
And lean to earth
Your carved arms lonely,
And lean to earth
Your stern breast, bright
With the white milk
Of darkness!
For he is crying, he is crying,
Walker-by-moonlight --
On a hill of stone
He is crying for your breast.
A mad, mad thing,
O Walker-by-moonlight,
A man who dreams
Is crying for rest!
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