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MOONLIGHT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Shine out, o horned moon, o festal night's befriender
Last Line: Endymion, o selene, set thine own heart's flame alight
Alternate Author Name(s): Philodemos; Philodemus


SHINE out, O horned Moon, O festal night's befriender,
Shine through the latticed window with thy silver light;
My golden fair illume, gaze forth in all thy splendour, --
Immortal eyes are free to look on love's delight: --
Thy conscious heart, I know, is kind to us and tender, --
Endymion, O Selene, set thine own heart's flame alight





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