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Moonlight (de la Mare)
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| Moonlight written by Walter de la Mare |
| Motley and Other Poems (1918) | Link to further information |
The far moon maketh lovers wise
In her pale beauty trembling down,
Lending curved cheeks, dark lips, dark eyes,
A strangeness not their own.
And, though they shut their lids to kiss,
In starless darkness peace to win,
Even on that secret world from this
Her twilight enters in.
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