The Moon is Full
To-night I cannot sleep. The moon is full — ' Its beams like ghostly fingers touch my eyes. A deep, unearthly silence broodbig lies Upon the night like an tmfathomcd poolNo sound in all the silver halls of night, Save for the seconds ticking out time's flight. Doum in the street the darkened houses lie Like dwellings in a city of the 7 dead, Unconscious of the molten siloer spread Like pools upon the roof-tops. Yet am I / Monotonously counting flocks of sheep. For still the moon's pale whips do 1 - banish sleep. —Christine Comber, Sydney
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22444, 13 June 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)
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98The Moon is Full New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22444, 13 June 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)
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