To the Full Moon Rising
To the Full Moon Rising - meaning Summary
Longing Beneath Moonlight
The speaker addresses the rising moon as if it might leave, expressing sudden loneliness and noticing its shadowed retreat. The moon nonetheless offers consolation, its rim shining like a reassuring star and symbolizing the beloved’s presence despite distance. The speaker urges the moon to grow purer and brighter, hoping its light will ease a heartache. Night becomes a comforting, almost sacred space amid longing and pain.
Read Complete AnalysesAre you leaving me already? Only now, you were so near! Cloud-mass shadows you, I see, And you’re no longer here. Yet you feel how sad I am, Your rim still shines, a star! Telling me how loved I am, Though my Beloved’s far. So pursue, now! Brighter, brighter, Purer ways, with greater light! Though my heart in pain beats faster, More than blessed is the Night.
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