 | Virginalia ; or, songs of my summer nights |  |
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THE NEW MOON.
“Oh! gentle Moon!”
—Shelley.
—Shelley.
I see the infant pale New Moon,
Just from the Old One born;
She had her birth this day at noon,
And this is her first horn.
Just from the Old One born;
She had her birth this day at noon,
And this is her first horn.
She lies now in the arms afar
Of azure Heaven at rest;
While by her side the Evening Star
Watches her in the West.
Of azure Heaven at rest;
While by her side the Evening Star
Watches her in the West.
Like some sweet, heavenly dying Hymn,
Pausing in going down—
She lingers on the horizon's rim
A moment—now is gone!
Pausing in going down—
She lingers on the horizon's rim
A moment—now is gone!
Middletown, Conn., October 13, 1840.
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