Love and Eternity: XXVIII

XXVIII
"The Canvas and the Moonbeam"

Fixed, the darkest canvas of night
Once parted these sickly grey clouds
Under them lie a thousand lights,
Radiant sparks on the mystic shroud

Then turns, that fairest body rise
Enters the dame with tame delight
Entrance with beams that daze the eyes
Now seen, her white glorious moonlight

Yes, that high lamp on evening lit
Once the sun withdraws to the sea
Until the dawn fixed above it sits
And stands foremost beacon to me

Never dying, nor ever fading
Deathless the moon rules the heavens
Most charming, forever lasting
Even now, I feel your presence

Escape the flaming gyre of life
That twists and turns my destiny
Escape the discord, endless strife
Riles my soul with obscenity

Now feel the moonbeams caress me
I rest upon my grassy bed
Then eyes closed I can clearly see
Your hand brush lightly on my head.