The Big Moon

THE big moon came to the edge of the sky,

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And pierced me with its dart;

I strove to put its brightness by

Before it burned my heart.

I wrapped the windows thick and well,

I closely barred the door,

The light of my penny candles fell

On low-built wall and floor.

The little room and the little light

Began to comfort me;

But I heard—I heard the golden night

Call like a sounding sea.

I knew the moon swam in the sky,

And the earth swam in the moon;

I went outside in the grass to lie,

To yield to the deadly swoon.

My soul was filled with white moon rain

Till it ran o’er and o’er,

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