MIDNIGHT AND MOONLIGHT AS one singled out from

Posted by admin on October 2nd, 2008 filed in poet van duyn


MIDNIGHT AND MOONLIGHT
AS one singled out from his fellows, Enchanted I roam
Through night with its music and moonlight, And sea-sheen and foam.
‘Twas Beauty herself that awoke me
And whispered “Arise, I have lit all the lamps of my palace
To gladden your eyes !”
I rose at her bidding, and surely
‘Tis just as she said The moon, spilling splendour around me,
Brimfull overhead;
Rich perfumes from garden and garden
Rare blossoms outpour; The sea, broad and bright to the skyline,
Sings low to the shore.
The beach, a brave riband of silver,
All radiant shines, Twixt the white of the surf on its sea edge
And the dark of the pines.

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