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MOONRISE by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: THE FIRST SNOWS OF THE YEAR LIE WHITE
Last Line: WHILE FAINT THE WINDY STARS ARE SEEN.
Subject(s): MOON; NIGHT; PINE TREES; SNOW; TREES; BEDTIME;
The first snows of the year lie white
Upon the branches bending low;
A surging wind the flakes doth blow
Before the coming feet of Night --
Half dusk, half day, betwixt the pines
Green-yellow the full moon reclines:

Green-yellow, and now wholly green,
While faint the windy stars are seen.



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