Collected poems, 1901-1918 (Vol. 2)/Full Moon

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Collected poems, 1901-1918 (1920)
by Walter de la Mare
Full Moon
2913696Collected poems, 1901-1918 — Full Moon1920Walter de la Mare


FULL MOON

ONE night as Dick lay half asleep,
Into his drowsy eyes
A great still light began to creep
From out the silent skies.

It was the lovely moon's, for when
He raised his dreamy head,
Her surge of silver filled the pane
And streamed across his bed.

So, for awhile, each gazed at each —
Dick and the solemn moon —
Till, climbing slowly on her way,
She vanished, and was gone.

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