Poems (Denver)/A Moonlight Memory
A MOONLIGHT MEMORY.
I am thinking now of one moonlight night
That covered the earth with a brilliant sheen,
And poured through our bosoms a kindred light,
As we danced like fays on the moonlit green.
That covered the earth with a brilliant sheen,
And poured through our bosoms a kindred light,
As we danced like fays on the moonlit green.
The earth was lovely beneath our feet,
For the eloquent voice of the spring was heard,
In tones as varied and softly sweet
As the tuneful notes of the singing bird.
For the eloquent voice of the spring was heard,
In tones as varied and softly sweet
As the tuneful notes of the singing bird.
The soft breeze woke from its pleasant dreams,
And it seemed that an angel had stirred the air;
And the bright stars looked into laughing streams,
To see their own images winking there.
And it seemed that an angel had stirred the air;
And the bright stars looked into laughing streams,
To see their own images winking there.
The apple-blossoms came raining down,
And lay like gems on the green beneath,
Like jewels, shaken from Heaven's own crown,
Filling the air with their fragrant breath.
And lay like gems on the green beneath,
Like jewels, shaken from Heaven's own crown,
Filling the air with their fragrant breath.
We watched the trees from our hiding-place,
Adding to moonlight a thousand charms,
With their shadows lengthening apace,
Till they locked themselves in each other's arms.
Adding to moonlight a thousand charms,
With their shadows lengthening apace,
Till they locked themselves in each other's arms.
All was as lovely as fairy-land
While we revelled in their moonlit bowers,
And fairy-land, with her fairy band,
Never held happier hearts than ours.
While we revelled in their moonlit bowers,
And fairy-land, with her fairy band,
Never held happier hearts than ours.
O! many an hour has passed since then,
Bright with the sunshine around it seen;
But none so fair or so dear as when
We danced that night on the moonlit green!
Bright with the sunshine around it seen;
But none so fair or so dear as when
We danced that night on the moonlit green!