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MOONLIGHT.
Such entertainment as that heart can give,
A fellowship of thought, a deep desire,
E'en to the verge of madness, to pursue
The track of meditation, whilst the Moon,
Emerging from the lightly-flying clouds,
Laughs in her pomp, and, with her palest light,
Sits Arbitress in the mid plains of Heav'n;
Come then, diviner Muse, and dwell with me.
A fellowship of thought, a deep desire,
E'en to the verge of madness, to pursue
The track of meditation, whilst the Moon,
Emerging from the lightly-flying clouds,
Laughs in her pomp, and, with her palest light,
Sits Arbitress in the mid plains of Heav'n;
Come then, diviner Muse, and dwell with me.
What hinders, but, with sad and silent feet,
Hands in each other lock'd, and eyes cast down,
On which the cloud of Meditation sits,
We wander o'er the lawns, and seen of none,
Amidst the pale dominion of the Night,
Hold converse with the habitants of Heav'n?
Hands in each other lock'd, and eyes cast down,
On which the cloud of Meditation sits,
We wander o'er the lawns, and seen of none,
Amidst the pale dominion of the Night,
Hold converse with the habitants of Heav'n?
Now Silence is in air, and sound is none:
Save, where the owl from out her ivied bow'r
Hoots joyous at the Moon, and sprinkled stars,
That shine, like di'monds, in the blue serene:
Blest harbingers of bliss, and beacons fair,
Save, where the owl from out her ivied bow'r
Hoots joyous at the Moon, and sprinkled stars,
That shine, like di'monds, in the blue serene:
Blest harbingers of bliss, and beacons fair,
