Did you come down on a beam
Of light that shot thro’ the blue?
Are you a piece of the sun?
Butterfly, say, is it true?
THE MOON.
Swim, white Moon, in the dusky blue,
Swim in the still dark sky.
Soft are the clouds that cover you;
Did you come down on a beam
Of light that shot thro’ the blue?
Are you a piece of the sun?
Butterfly, say, is it true?
Swim, white Moon, in the dusky blue,
Swim in the still dark sky.
Soft are the clouds that cover you;