The Old Moon In The New Moon's Arms

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919



The beautiful and slender young New Moon,
 In trailing robes of pink and palest blue,
Swept close to Venus, and breathed low: 'A boon,
 A precious boon, I ask, dear friend, of you.'

'O queen of light and beauty, you have known
 The pangs of love - its passions and alarms;
Then grant me this one favour, let my own -
 My lost Old Moon be once more in my arms.'

Swift thro' the vapours and the golden mist -
 The Full Moon's shadowy shape shone on the night,
The New Moon reached out clasping arms and kissed
 Her phantom lover in the whole world's sight.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 556
Words 110
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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