A peaceful sun has set beyond North Beach; Cloudless the sky, the lake without a wave, Its silvered waters calm and still, all save Soft lapping on a wide-sloped sandy reach. A single boat, a single gull seeks shore, How brilliant clouds would aid and multiply The charm of such far-stretched and open sky! The reel is run and we shall see no more. Yet wait! Above the mountains now appear A slender moon, and near it Venus' light! On crossing paths they grant this rarest sight. The contoured pines and serrate peaks cut clear; While star and crescent seem of extra size, Nor will permit a screen before our eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HYMNARY: 403. MARTYRS by ADAM OF SAINT VICTOR IN MEMORIAM by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE TOAD by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A CAROL FOR CHRISTMAS DAY BEFORE DAWN by GORDON BOTTOMLEY ONLY A CURL by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |