Then I looked round for Sukey, and missed her;

But back she came bounding right soon;

And I said, “What’s the matter, sweet Sister?”

She pointed at once to the moon,

To the silvery sheeny full moon.

“Hang it, Sukey,” I cried, “you’re a twister!

What’s that? To explain were a boon.”

She replied, “Paralune! Paralune!

’Tis the moonshade, the new Paralune.”

Then she said, “She’s a danger is Dian,