In The Holy Moonlight

by Patience Worth

Patience Worth

Yea, in the holy moonlight
When the nightingale sobs, 'tis not
Of joy but plaintive tuned.
And in the morn
The lark calls, calls, calls,
Nay answer, a plaintive lay.
Yea, in all beauteous conceptions
Be hunger, and the plaint to God.





Last updated January 14, 2019