Poems (Chilton, 1885)/"White and Silent Shines the Moonlight"
White and silent shines the moonlight, And the earth, in slumber deep,Smiles, as of the silver splendor Conscious in her sleep!How the moonbeams dance and glimmer— Hunted by the summer breeze—On the bosom of the river, Through the branches of the trees!
May this night of quiet beauty Be the symbol and the signOf the holy love that wraps us In its light divine!So shalt thou still reign forever, While the glow of life abides,As thou now dost, dearest,—empress Of my heart's deep tides!