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MOONLIGHT.
Above the east horizon
The moon floats round and bright;
The spirit-haunted ruin
Is seen against the light.
From beds of moss the glow-worms
Shine clear with light-green ray;
Over the reedy quagmire
Marsh-meteors lightly play.
The moon floats round and bright;
The spirit-haunted ruin
Is seen against the light.
From beds of moss the glow-worms
Shine clear with light-green ray;
Over the reedy quagmire
Marsh-meteors lightly play.
The church-tower windows glimmer
Against the rising beams;
Upon the glassy water
Reflected starlight gleams;
In silver wave the cornfields
Under the moonlight pale;
The pine-clad mountain weareth
A white and misty veil.
Against the rising beams;
Upon the glassy water
Reflected starlight gleams;
In silver wave the cornfields
Under the moonlight pale;
The pine-clad mountain weareth
A white and misty veil.
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How beautiful the moonbeams
In lines of silver gleam
Upon the gentle ripple
That dances on the stream
Which here flows under alders,
And there through meadow-flowers,
And from the restless mill-wheel
Falls down in silver showers!
In lines of silver gleam
Upon the gentle ripple
That dances on the stream
Which here flows under alders,
And there through meadow-flowers,
And from the restless mill-wheel
Falls down in silver showers!
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