Thursday, January 28, 2021

Full Wolf Moon Tonight

 

The first full moon of the new year will
reach it's peak illumination tonight.


Full Wolf Moon 2021




Darkness and silence and the breath of peace!

Then, lo! a faint flush on the mountain peaks

That broadens, deepens, till the full-orbed moon

Soars in majestic splendor up the sky,

Blotting the stars out!

Be thou still, my soul!

We who revere the mighty men of old

Sages and seers, and lords of high degree

Who woke the harp and lyre, martyrs who died.

Defenders of the faith, and they who gave

Their life-blood gladly on the battlefield;

Kings who ruled grandly for their people's weal,

Wearing high crowns by right unchallenged-

We roam o'er land and sea to tread the paths

They're feet have hallowed and to kiss the sod

That was their birthright

What their hands have touched,

We fain would touch; and what their

eyes have seen

We joy to look upon.

Yet every man

Of woman born since first the world 

was made

O fair white moon has gazed upon

thy face,

Awed by the splendor of thy loveliness!

Poet or painter, priest, or king or clown,

Noble or beggar, lover, peasant, slave-

All have rejoiced beholding thee so fair,

Thou peerless wonder of the adoring skies!

Yea, every eye hath seen thee, even His

Who knelt in lone Gethsemane what time

His own forsook Him.

Be thou still, my soul-

What the Lord Christ beheld thou seest

 this night.


"A Night Reverie"
(1904)
June Century




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