THE land lay deluged by the Moon; The molten silver of the lake Shimmered in many a broad lagoon Between grey isles, whose copse and brake Lay folded on the water's breast Like halcyons in a floating nest. And like a child who trusts in God When in the dark it lies alone, Stretched on the aromatic sod My heart was laid against your own, Against your heart, which seemed to be Mine own to all Eternity. Lapped in illimitable light, The woods and waters seemed to swoon, And clouds like angels-winged the night And slipped away into the Moon, Lost in that radiant flame above As we were lapped and lost in love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY SENSES DO NOT DECEIVE ME by MARIANNE MOORE ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK TO AMERICA by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON PARAPHRASE ON THOMAS A KEMPIS by ALEXANDER POPE THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 98. HE AND I by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SONNET: 151 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |