We watch'd the wintry moon Suffer her full eclipse Riding at night's high noon Beyond the earth's ellipse. The conquering shadow quell'd Her splendour in its robe: And darkling we beheld A dim and lurid globe; Yet felt thereat no dread, Nor waited we to see The sullen dragon fled, The heav'nly Queen go free. So if my heart of pain One hour o'ershadow thine, I fear for thee no stain, Thou wilt come forth and shine: And far my sorrowing shade Will slip to empty space Invisible, but made Happier for that embrace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PHANTOM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE TREASURES OF THE DEEP by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS HIS REQUEST TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK SONG OF THE ANGELS AT THE NATIVITY by NAHUM TATE PRAYER OF THE LOST by ALETHEA TODD ALDERSON A CHILD'S GRAVE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE FUGITIVE by PRINGLE BARRET |