The Waning Moon Celia Thaxter

The Waning Moon

The Moon is tired and old;
In the morning darkness cold
She drifts up the paling sky,
With cheek flushed wearily.

A little longer, and lo!
She is lost in the sun’s bright glow;
A thin shell, pearly and pale,
‘Mid soft white clouds that sail.

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