And who has seen the moon, who has not seen
Her rise from out the chamber of the deep,
Flushed and grand and naked, as from the chamber
Of finished bridegroom, seen her rise and throw
Confession of delight upon the wave,
Littering the waves with her own superscription
Of bliss, till all her lambent beauty shakes towards us
Spread out and known at last, and we are sure
That beauty is a thing beyond the grave,
That perfect, bright experience never falls
To nothingness, and time will dim the moon
Sooner than our full consummation here
In this odd life will tarnish or pass away.
 
This poem is in the public domain. |
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About This Poem
“Moonrise” was published in Lawrence’s book Look! We have come through! (Chatto & Windus, 1917).
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D. H. Lawrence was born on September 11, 1885, in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. His poetry collections include Amores (1916) andBirds, Beasts and Flowers (1923). Lawrence died in 1930.
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Poetry by Lawrence
(Black Sparrow Press, 2007)
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"To Night" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"She Walks in Beauty" by George Gordon Byron
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"Lullaby" by W. H. Auden
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