Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS: 6. THE WEARY MOON GOES DOWN INTO THE WEST, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poet's Biography Last Line: Wilt thou not also rest? Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): Absence; Death; Love - Loss Of; Separation; Isolation; Dead, The | ||||||||
The weary moon goes down into the West As one that fain would rest, And nothing now is waking in the skies Except the luminous eyes Of stars that watch thee where thou wanderest. Wilt not thou also rest? Now all the earth lies hushed in shadowy sleep, City and plain and steep; Only the river journeying from afar Towards the Northern star, Rolls through the slumbering world its waters deep, That whisper to thee, "Sleep." And now is peace in that belovèd breast, Peace, the long absent guest; For fear is dead, and sorrow sleeps forgot, Love only slumbers not, Love wakes for thee that doubting tarriest. Wilt thou not also rest? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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