Poets Corner.
TO THE SETTING MOON. Thou'rt riding on—thou Maiden Queen, la thy soft and silver car ; Paling the light and the glories bright. Of each blazing and brilliant star. Thou hast reached the horizon, and lost is thy boon, "Why art thou sinking ? Thou heavenly Moon !j Thou hast gaz'd on the mirth of the children of eaitb, And lighted' the Revellers home ; Thou hast been a lamp to the spreading land. And the vessel on Ocean's foam. Thou liasi darted thy rays in the glad saloon, Hut, perchance, all unheeded, —Thou pure moon ! Lower and lower, thy car goes down, Swift as the floating cloud ; And brighter and brighter, the stars shine forth. That had to thy glory bowed : There are nations that worship ttie God of Noon, But fairer art thou—thou Queenly moon ! Farewell ! for I see but the lingering light, Of the track thou hast left behind— And the new leaf d tree, and the sleeping sea, Sob low, in the sighing wind. Farewell! thou hast left us, Oh ! much too soon, Yet e'en tiiou hast a ltuler—thou Glorious Moon ! Gertrude.
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Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 19, 13 December 1843, Page 4
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185Poets Corner. Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 19, 13 December 1843, Page 4
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