Ballads for the Times (Now first collected,) Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Bartenus, A Thousand Lines, and other poems. By Martin F. Tupper. A new Edition, enlarged and revised |
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The Moon and Moonshine.
An Allegory.
Upon a slumbering lake at night
The moon looks down in love,
And there, in chasten'd beauty bright,
A sister sphere of silver light
Seems bathing from above.
The moon looks down in love,
And there, in chasten'd beauty bright,
A sister sphere of silver light
Seems bathing from above.
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Anon, an evil man comes near,
And a rude stone he flings,
Half in hate and half in fear,
To crush the calm accusing sphere
That looks such lovely things.
And a rude stone he flings,
Half in hate and half in fear,
To crush the calm accusing sphere
That looks such lovely things.
He flung, and struck; and in swift race
Round ran the startled waves;
He triumph'd for a little space;
But see! how soon that same calm face
Again her beauty laves.
Round ran the startled waves;
He triumph'd for a little space;
But see! how soon that same calm face
Again her beauty laves.
So, friend, if envy hits thy name,
Be still, it passes soon;
Thy lamp is burning all the same,
And, even for that moonshine Fame,
It must reflect its Moon.
Be still, it passes soon;
Thy lamp is burning all the same,
And, even for that moonshine Fame,
It must reflect its Moon.
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