The moon is shining on the sea! Every night the moon looks down Through the spaces, quietly: And, no matter though I be Among the houses of the town, Something always says to me, -- The moon is shining on the sea -- Along the boulevard I pace, Looking for her through the trees, And I see her gentle face Beaming through immensities: And, as I look, there comes to me The lonely murmur of the sea. All across all that is space They are telling their distress; They are looking, face to face, All longing, and all loneliness; The pretty, timid, moon, and the Poor, unhappy, little sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHERMAN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER PHILOMELA: PHILOMELA'S ODE [THAT SHE SANG IN HER ARBOR] by ROBERT GREENE AN ELEGY: TO AN OLD BEAUTY by THOMAS PARNELL TO HELEN (2) by EDGAR ALLAN POE DAFFODILS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ON THE DEITY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD MODERN MOSES, OR 'MY POLICY' MAN by JAMES MADISON BELL SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 7 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |