SONG TO THE MOON. (From “Lionardo, the Gondolier.”)
Reading edition
Orb of some mighty potent power In thine exalted sphere, Thy soft light maketh sweet the hour Within the fairy woodland bower, To maidenhood, so dear. Empress of Night, thy beauteous spell Superb and matchless given, Thy light the lover loves so well, The gentle tale of old to tell While earth becomes, his Heaven. Luna, thou goddess of the night, Chaste harbinger of love, I feel in thy sweet fairy light My heart again grow glad and bright, When thou dost ride above.