Oft with his musings does thy image blend, 70

In his mind’s eye thy crescent horns ascend,

And thou art still, O Moon, that Sailor’s Friend!

[18] Compare—

When thou wert hidden in thy monthly grave,

in the lines Written in a Grotto, p. 235.—Ed.

TO THE MOON
(RYDAL)

Composed 1835.—Published 1837

One of the “Evening Voluntaries.”—Ed.

Queen of the stars!—so gentle, so benign,