They lived enamoured of the lovely moon,
The dawn and twilight on their gentle lake.
Then Passion marvellously born did shake
Their breast and drave them into the mid-noon.
Their lives did shrink to one desire, and soon
They rose fire-eyed to follow in the wake
Of one eternal thought,--when sudden brake
Their hearts. They died, in miserable swoon.
Of all their agony not a sound was heard.
The glory of the Earth is more than they.
She asks her lovely image of the day:
A flower grows, a million boughs are green,
And over moving ocean-waves the bird
Chases his shadow and is no more seen.
They Lived Enamoured Of The Lovely Moon
Trumbull Stickney
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Poem topics: fire, flower, green, moon, ocean, passion, rose, bird, desire, gentle, earth, shadow, eternal, follow, thought, sound, Valentine's Day, dawn, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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