Poem · Ernest Dowson

The Moon Maiden's Song

“The Moon Maiden's Song” by Ernest Dowson: full text of the poem (16 lines, 77 words), quatrains. Public domain.

Sleep! Cast thy canopy
Over this sleeper's brain,
Dim grow his memory,
When he wake again.

Love stays a summer night,
Till lights of morning come;
Then takes her winged flight
Back to her starry home.

Sleep! Yet thy days are mine;
Love's seal is over thee:
Far though my ways from thine,
Dim though thy memory.

Love stays a summer night,
Till lights of morning come;
Then takes her winged flight
Back to her starry home.

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