Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="MOON_DAZZLE" id="MOON_DAZZLE"></SPAN>Moon Dazzle</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">L</span>AST night, as tho’ with new washed eyes<br/></span> <span class="ih">I looked upon a lake.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Something within me sharply stirred<br/></span> <span class="i2">An understanding ache.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">An ardent willow swayed and dipped<br/></span> <span class="i2">The cool depths of lagoon.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Unstirred miles of grass and dew<br/></span> <span class="i2">Lay lonely to the moon.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">It seemed I’d never seen a night<br/></span> <span class="i2">Or such a scene before.<br/></span> <span class="i0">The moonbeams stretched a splintered path<br/></span> <span class="i2">From shore to shadowed shore.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I marveled thus, and wondered how<br/></span> <span class="i2">In unveiled hours to come,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Could such a pulseless thing like death<br/></span> <span class="i2">Make one so eager, dumb.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_56" id="page_56">{56}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />