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Re: Patience Strong's 100th anniversary ("Popular versifier," author of "Nursery Versery")

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Subject: Re: Patience Strong's 100th anniversary ("Popular versifier," author
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by: Lenona - Tue, 22 Aug 2023 18:53 UTC

Since I like this one, I figured, why not make it more available to those who have never read it?

It's from Honey for Tea, aka Nursery Versery.
Summer Moonlight

The room looks strange when moonlight falls,
Across the windows and the walls
The mirror frames a thousand stars,
The floor is ribbed with silver bars.

Around the panes the roses trail,
Their phantom blossoms, cool and pale.
The tree whose branches touch the sill,
Stands breathless, watching, very still.

I lie in silence, wide awake,
Afraid to stir lest I should break
The spell that is upon the night,
The peace of shadow and of light.

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Patience Strong's 100th anniversary ("Popular versifier," author	Lenona